[saden1]

Originally Posted by Frost

Interesting stuff, thank you guys, i mean we were just talking about what would be appropriate for the management to do in a situation like this, but i do agree that the lead on duty should have pulled them both aside and probably sent them both home for the day, my other thing is that what if this was an African American and the guy would have been you fucking n-word go back to Africa, wouldn't this fall in the same category ? I'm not trying to insult anyone so i apologize if I'm stepping over the line with that example, but I'm just stating that my buddy is European, so what gives that guy the right to call him Eurotrash and get the f**k out of USA......like excuse me ? I work just as hard as you if not harder I pay taxes just as you do, you know what gives him the right to say that. I agree with what sadden1 said too "what is this high school?" exactly you would think some people would grow the f**k up and be professional at least at work. We'll see what happens today. I'll let you guys know, since the big boss is going to be there I think he'll talk to both of them. Thanks again for the advice it's always good to get some outside input on this.

Discrimination is a serious matter and I don't think one employee calling an African American co-worker the n-word qualifies as discrimination. Certainly, if the assailant employee has a say in your future (i.e. your boss) it does but a co-worker on equal footing does not. If you report the matter to higher up and it persists then it can escalate to discrimination because it would mean management complicity.