[Reese1379]

It's not baiting, in the wonderful world of work, you can expect to be on the receiving end of such comments. I speak from a position of experience.

"All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Watching Star Trek"

http://www.amazon.com/Really-Need-Know-Learned-Watching/dp/0...

[IOT_Apprentice]

So the CEO fostered such a culture from literally the start of his interview. It was a warning, that the CEO was racist and not a place to work at.

[JustSomeNobody]

In the wonderful world of work, these comments/questions are absolutely, unquestionably, without a doubt, inappropriate and should never happen.

Never.