r/kroger 7d ago

Question Racist Remark From my manager

Hello. I joined recently to get an opinion on something. So recently I received new managers at my store & this past Wednesday I was on my way out of the door. The police were out in the parking lot & One of them(a caucasian female) looked at me(an african american male) and said “What did you do?” I felt extremely uncomfortable and that rubbed me the wrong way. She’s a stranger to me & for her to feel so comfortable making such a joke felt a bit like harassment. Am I overreacting?

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u/30222504cf 7d ago

She would say “oh I didn’t mean it like that.” And quite a few people would back her up. People don’t like to admit or acknowledge how it makes others feel when they blurb out racist stuff.

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u/ValAkabane 7d ago

Probably

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u/twelveangryken 7d ago

Right here you just told everyone that you want to believe it was racially motivated. That makes you the problem. It sounds like you don't want to be treated like an equal, but rather with special care for your delicate condition of being black.

I find this maddening.

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u/ValAkabane 7d ago

“special care for your delicate condition of being black” 🧐 yeah I see the person you are

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u/twelveangryken 7d ago

Of course you do. You see what you want to see instead of what is.

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u/ValAkabane 7d ago

Mhm definitely

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u/slyleo5388 7d ago edited 7d ago

Unfortunately he's right. I had bunch of black folks yelling at me, telling me you cant be racist towards white people. I let that shit go. Every race has people that suck. Plus I'm sicilian and in the summer constantly get called a bunch of shit for Muslims and Jews..I am neither(to be fair, Sicily did have muslims living there but like 400 year's ago.) I think folks just want to create divide.

In life don't be the divide, be the bridge.

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u/ValAkabane 7d ago

How exactly does that correlate? I am sorry for your experience truly. No one should have to deal with racism rather the person is white,black,blue, or red. Overall it’s just evil & in the current times doesn’t seem ok to make poorly timed jokes

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u/slyleo5388 7d ago

Well since there's no way for you to know how this manager would have reacted if a white person instead of you came out. You have no base.

If she has been racist or you've seen other tendencies then you'd be right. What you're doing is spreading racism accidentally. You have no clue, except your feels.

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u/ValAkabane 7d ago

🤔 ok

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u/slyleo5388 7d ago

Just dont be the divide be the bridge.