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'whites only' job posting (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I worked for a company in my mid 20's that wouldn't hire anyone not white. I head the boss' wife, the "Office Manager," joke about she could always tell who was black, no matter how "good they talked on the phone," because they would always pronounce words that ended in "ment" as "mint." As in "depart-mint." They all thought it was hilarious. I wasn't there long.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Oh! Now I understand why my English teacher was a total fascist when it came to those kinds of pronunciations! Pen-guin got us a fair few times. Neat. She was just extra racist.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's not even a race thing really, regional dialects exist across skin color.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Bro, this was Texas. This teacher was nuts.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

As long as you didnt pronounce it ping wings I think youre okay