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by dylz 4475 days ago
Not black but: I'm a teenager (and I look 13/14), so getting anyone at all to listen to me is a PITA and in my last job [helpdesk], I've had multiple veteran employees outright tell me "who the fuck are you and who do you think you are blocking my facebook use", things like that.

Dunno what to do ati that point other than go to HR/their superior and file a proper complaint. Assuming your coworkers aren't some best-friends-5ever thing and your HR is competent, you could always claim hostile work environment

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I have done that before in a previous job, the end result is I was further alienated. Members of the team distanced themselves from me for fear of saying something wrong or reported. In the end, I had to change jobs because I couldn't fit in.

I suppose its not a problem of race, but a problem of just being different from others, like Age in you case.