QuantumChemist wrote:
The department culture has become a major area of stress for me. Said coworkers have openly expressed that they want to get rid of all of the “older white men” in the department, so that they can bring in more of their friends. Guess what, I happen to fall into that “older white men” classification. It does not matter how well you do your job, just that you have to be like them. I do not like to discriminate against anyone, so why do they think it is fair to do it to me? It just makes me hate all of humanity more than I already do.
Yes. It's called
workplace mobbing. No matter what you do or don't do, you're the one at fault. Sometimes, management finds it easier to get rid of "that one guy" than to do an honest and just investigation. Also, you see now that sexism isn't just a female problem and that whites can be the victims of racism too, despite what you've been told all your life. Do you feel privileged?
theprisoner wrote:
I am polite... up to a point. I'm fair easy going... until something goes wrong.
Count your blessings. The day may come where you find actions are secondary. It's not what you do, it's who you are doing it. Blow up in the workplace, management may just use it as more "proof" that you're really the one to blame, even if it was a response to injustice toward you.