Racial joke at work! What do I do???
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While sitting through a training class, the trainer said that we had a few minutes to kill before leaving and asked if anyone knew any jokes. The room was silent and then he . . .
This can be an Aspie pattern, but it's much broader than that. Many people fall into this.
The alternative, just let a medium mistake simply be a medium mistake.
'Okay, so there are no jokes, that's okay'
On a related note:
I have very few friends, but the ones I have are close. One of my friends is jewish another is black. This fact rarely crosses my mind as they aren't a religion or a race to me, they are friends. I have heard a few jewish jokes, none particularly offensive but all were told by my jewish buddy.. my friend who is black, hates the term "african american" as taking politically correct too far. He says that if we start down that road it leads to white people being referred to as "european americans" and on and on.. personally, I believe white guy, black guy, blond guy, red headed woman, guy in the blue shirt, little boy, man with the mermaid tattoo... only decribe appearance, not who a person is... enough labels, even "politically correct" labels. Humans come in a variety, but all are human.
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I have very few friends, but the ones I have are close. One of my friends is jewish another is black. This fact rarely crosses my mind as they aren't a religion or a race to me, they are friends. I have heard a few jewish jokes, none particularly offensive but all were told by my jewish buddy.. my friend who is black, hates the term "african american" as taking politically correct too far. He says that if we start down that road it leads to white people being referred to as "european americans" and on and on.. personally, I believe white guy, black guy, blond guy, red headed woman, guy in the blue shirt, little boy, man with the mermaid tattoo... only decribe appearance, not who a person is... enough labels, even "politically correct" labels. Humans come in a variety, but all are human.
Very true.
AardvarkGoodSwimmer
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(Now, we as people with Asperger's can accept current reality, and at the same time pick our battles.)
Whether or not the trainer meant it as racist (and I don't think he did), it still wasn't an appropriate place for that kind of joke. Discretion, discretion, discretion!
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