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The realistic action is to expect everyone to behave like professionals. Your boss doesn't get to police what you think, but he can, and absolutely should police what you do at work.

'Bring your whole self to work' is nonsense. If your whole self is at odds with acceptable workplace behaviour, it should stay at home.

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The workplace isn't some island where we stop being a society that shouldn't expect tolerance.

It baffles me that people think it's ok to be a bigot anywhere, including the workplace. You don't get a free pass from the bare minimum societal expectation because you're sitting in a cubical.

How should we as a society identify these people in the workplace? Presumably most of them aren't going to volunteer their opinions.

I dunno. This thread has done a pretty good job of illustrating that one of the things upon which you can hang your hat is the desire for the low-hangingest of fruit to identify via well-actually.

"acceptable workplace behavior" is a rich white cis straight male standard, but you're probably not ready to hear that.

Judging everyone on how well they can act like a rich white cis straight male is naturally discriminatory to everyone who isn't, in proportion to how much unlike that they are.

>"acceptable workplace behavior" is a rich white cis straight male standard, but you're probably not ready to hear that.

I guess I'm now rich and white since I'm familiar with what is and what isn't acceptable workplace behavior. When does my check arrive, and when do you think my skintone will start to change?

The more proximate you are to rich white cis male, the easier it will (generally) be to conform to the standard. If you're a rich black cis male, you'll probably have a much easier time than a poor white trans woman, for example.

I'm kinda curious what you think about these principles:

1. Treat people like human beings, not political abstractions.

2. Criticize to uplift and empower, never to tear down or destroy.

3. Root everything you do in love and compassion.

https://theoryofenchantment.com/about/

I would love it if those were the actual principles of workplace behavior, as enforced.

> but you're probably not ready to hear that.

What does this mean?

That's a ridiculous and untrue statement. Treat everyone with respect and don't bring up discriminatory beliefs

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