Detroit Firefighter Fired For Bringing...

[sid]

"racially insensitive watermelon" to work. What the hell is happening to our country when this sort of crap is allowed?

http://www.breitbart.com/big-governm...termelon-work/

[leftyo]

pretty sad when you cant bring fruit to work!

[Oyaji]

I suppose bananas and fried chicken would also be considered racially insensitve. What a load of steaming crapola..........

[S.A. Boggs]

pretty sad when you cant bring fruit to work!

Just as bad if your co-worker is a "fruit".
Sam

[Dan Shapiro]

Well evidently it's written in The Constitution that you have a RIGHT "not to be offended".

[Allen]

I suppose bananas and fried chicken would also be considered racially insensitve. What a load of steaming crapola..........

I was thinking the same.

They actually did him a favor. Considering sometimes you might put your life on the line and need support from your co-workers in this line of work he is better off working somewhere else. There will be back stabbers everywhere but hopefully not this bad in his next job.

[Vern Humphrey]

"racially insensitive watermelon" to work. What the hell is happening to our country when this sort of crap is allowed?

http://www.breitbart.com/big-governm...termelon-work/

Imagine if he had brought egg plant!

[JB White]

Imagine if he had brought egg plant!

Shhh...the I-tie word isn't that well known yet.

[swampyankee]

So I guess that means any store, fruit stand that sells or farm that grows said fruit is a racist. We can no longer have watermelon.

[togor]

I was thinking the same.

They actually did him a favor. Considering sometimes you might put your life on the line and need support from your co-workers in this line of work he is better off working somewhere else. There will be back stabbers everywhere but hopefully not this bad in his next job.

I too was thinking the same thing, but in the opposite direction. If the firehouse doesn't think the new guy will have their backs, then better to cut him loose in the probationary period. It's on the new guy to fit in to the established routine of an up-and-running operation. At least, that's what every black guy ever has been told when he joins a white operation.

[S.A. Boggs]

I too was thinking the same thing, but in the opposite direction. If the firehouse doesn't think the new guy will have their backs, then better to cut him loose in the probationary period. It's on the new guy to fit in to the established routine of an up-and-running operation. At least, that's what every black guy ever has been told when he joins a white operation.

Not trying to be snide but how did you come upon this tidbit of information?
Sam

[leftyo]

I too was thinking the same thing, but in the opposite direction. If the firehouse doesn't think the new guy will have their backs, then better to cut him loose in the probationary period. It's on the new guy to fit in to the established routine of an up-and-running operation. At least, that's what every black guy ever has been told when he joins a white operation.

this happened on day ONE!! personally, ive worked with quite a few black people, and have never not once, ever heard anyone tell them it is up to them to fit in to a white organization. usually quite the opposite happens!

[togor]

Take race out of the picture for a sec and yeah, sure, let's use the probationary period to see if the new guy fits in. Now add race into the picture and everything gets all jumbled up. Does the majority accommodate the minority? Other way around? No easy way to get a straight answer. What the Breitbart article doesn't give us is a sense of whether or not the guy with the melon was being a deliberate jerk or not.

[togor]

Not trying to be snide but how did you come upon this tidbit of information?
Sam

Lots of tales from my dad, a factory floor supervisor, about how it was for the handful black guys in the union shop.

[leftyo]

Lots of tales from my dad, a factory floor supervisor, about how it was for the handful black guys in the union shop.

maybe 40 or 50 yrs ago that happened, hasnt been that way in quite some time!