I am having prblems where i work the team manager is being racist too me.?

Question

hi,
i work in retail store, and my team manager for some reason treats me badly. I am a muslim born and bred in the uk but for some reason she gives white people the better job and puts us asian people on till. If she doesn`t like us she will talk behind our back in the staff canteen. The people she talks too are her white colleagues she even called a chinese girl i work with ping pong. Too her it may not matter but that chinese girl is a nice person. When ever she is in the staff canteen she talks about people behind there back. i have seen her do this several times and i get annoying because it isn`t right. She is meant to be a team manager and treating everyone fairly and with respect. I am 21 years off age and she is about 55. Is there anything i can do? as she is discrimanating asian people. I don`t feel like going to work anymore because i feel she talks behind my back. xx

only i know what im experiencing, why u people judging me? if she doesn`t like someone she makes their life living hell.

crophillia thanks for racism aswell. I was born here so consider myself english i didn`t realise i was burden. I am english but also a muslim. Some people have given me really good answers but some just gave insulting ones. Why are people are mean sometimes.

Answer 1

Your company, like almost every other company, probably has a policy to deal with such discrimination. You may choose, and I would suggest, to go through official channels to report your immediate supervisor before anything else. Make sure to keep a record of all of this activity including what is said to you by those you are reporting to and the outcome of the reporting process.

If nothing changes or things worsen, I would immediately find new employment and quit as soon as possible. Make sure to keep track of every incident of discrimination with dates and times. If you are forced to leave this job, I would file suit against your company and the manager. Contact the ACLU or your local labor department for more information.

Answer 2

Well, first of all you need to be sure she is being racist, rather then just rude or bad mannered.

Working in a "retail store" as you describe it often means having to work on the tills. I get the impression you haven't been there long, so as such you can expect to get the boring mundane jobs. Thats how life works.

If you have been there a long time and you are still being given mundane tasks to do, when obviously you are more experienced and should be given more responsabilties then I should speak to her and express your concerns in a manner which you both agree is private and confidential.

If nothing changes, write to the companys head office, outling your position, and the steps you have taken to remedy the situation.

In regards to the lady she called "ping pong", I'm finding it hard to see how thats offensive. I dash around at work like a blue **** fly and other people can sit there and do nothing, and I suppose I get called names like "ping pong" as I'm back and forth, back and forth all day long but thats how I like it, I like to be busy, your friend may be the same. Or maybe there is some other innocent explanation as to why she has been called this.

Please don't assume that cause the people she talks to are white that this behaviour is racist. I find it hard to believe nobody challenges her if she is being racist. I think she is being a snidey little woman, rather then racist. Don't take it to heart.

Answer 3

This woman is breaking the law, pure and simple. Follow this link to see the Commission for Racial Equality explanation of the Race Relations Act as it applies to employment (among other things): http://www.cre.gov.uk/legal/protected.html

On that page you'll also see links to other relevant pages. Look on the left hand side under the 'related pages' heading and you'll see links to other pages that explain how you can do something about this. Look at how the CRE can help you and get something done about this woman! But I have to just say, get yourself into a union - USDAW the shopworkers union has really got itself organised in recent years, and the GMB have a strong shopworkers section (mainly with Asda though). If you were in a union they would help you take this on...that is, assuming you're not, and if you are then you now know to go to them too.

I have no idea what this 'aclu' is - I'm guessing an American thing but sugar, ignore what these people are saying because it's not relevant here in the UK. Follow my suggestions set out above and stop this so-called line manager with her bullying and racist methods.

Answer 4

crophilia, why did you British have to invade and colonise all of these asian countries.

If you were a true Brit, you would know that the first asians that came to the UK was by force under the British Empire. Again, this proves that the uneducated Brits are the racist ones.

Anyway, back to your question, you shouldn't have to live like this. So what I suggest is that you make a complaint, and if your work place doesn't take action, then take legal action.

Answer 5

You hear this time and time again you should take this further but to be honest unless you kick up a real big fuss about it things won't change with the present way Muslims are treated things are difficult.

This is just my personal opinion on what i would do i would have had my crew waiting for the ***** when she Left work along time ago.

The way i see it if the old racist hag can give it i would want to see her take it to.x

Answer 6

Keep a record of the abuse and give a copy to a senior manager.

If no action is taken and you leave as a result this is what is called constructive dismissal. If it is on the grounds of racism it is automatically unfair.

It is unlawful for your manager to act in this way. It is either direct or indirect discrimination or both.This is contrary to the Race Relations Act.

Go to the Commission for Racial Equality who will probably take the case up for you.

Good luck.

Answer 7

Weve all suffered from bullies at sometime or other, you can name it racist if you like, but that's a cop-out. If you don't like it there look for another job. There are plenty places where you can work with nice people, but never expect to get on with everyone. I was once offered a job because they thought i was irish, then sacked when they realised I was'nt irish. I was once sacked because I would'nt have sex with my boss. I was once sacked because I was'nt a lesbian. Label it anyway you want, but don't blame it on what you are and what you are not. Get another job or decide to be happy where you are. If you are on the front line you only have to please the customers, they're your bread and butter. So decide not to let the bitches and butches get you down.

Answer 8

Well, first off you need to start documenting these instances. For about a month, every time she says something that is racist, write down the day, time and exactly what was said. Then, go to her supervisor, or whoever is over her at work and tell them what has been going on. Let that person handle it from there.

Answer 9

if she is not your general manager than go to the gn (the highest ranked manager in the store) if she is the highest ranked, call corporate, i am sure there are clauses and such in any contract or work paper work you signed prior to your start date or on your start date. there is always something you can do but just for politics sake, dont say something directly to her let her superior reprimand her. and make sure you tell your highest manager in confidence so that this racist manager is not able to reprimand you for being honest and forth right.

Answer 10

Run, don't walk, to report this woman to her supervisor(s). And take others with you whom she has discriinated against. If you can get several to back you up, hopefully you'll all keep your jobs. If not, you've got a great federal law suit against her and the company.