[sxp]

Is this really the strongest evidence the ACLU found to justify the claim of "racism"? This entire case sounds like a right-wing parody of a left-wing workplace and "oppression Olympics".

> The A.C.L.U. acknowledges that Ms. Oh, who is Korean American, never used any kind of racial slur. But the group says that her use of certain phrases and words demonstrated a pattern of willful anti-Black animus.

> In one instance, according to court documents, she told a Black superior that she was “afraid” to talk with him. In another, she told a manager that their conversation was “chastising.” And in a meeting, she repeated a satirical phrase likening her bosses’ behavior to suffering “beatings.”

> “As a Black male, language like ‘afraid’ generally is code word for me,” ... Mr. Needham, who is gay and grew up in the Deep South, ... Ms. Oh and her lawyers have cited her own past: As a survivor of domestic abuse, she was particularly sensitive to tense interactions with male colleagues. She said she was troubled by Mr. Needham’s once referring to his predecessor as a “friend,” since she was one of the employees who had criticized him.

[rayiner]

> This entire case sounds like a right-wing parody of a left-wing workplace and "oppression Olympics".

It's definitely happening in other organizations: https://theintercept.com/2022/06/13/progressive-organizing-i....