'RULES OF ENGAGEMENT'
How to get along at work (white collar edition):- Never outshine your white colleagues on their home ground as this will not be appreciated.
- Always accept your white colleagues’ transgressions, as protest will be used to damn you.
- Never put yourself in a position of privilege or advantage against your colleagues: even a larger chair than theirs may cause jealousy.
- Watch your back at all times.
- Never complain about being expected to behave in this way. At best it will be met with bewilderment and at worst hostility.
- If a confrontation does occur, always remember your white colleagues will find it far easier to sympathise with hurt experienced by the person you have confronted.
- When matters come to a head, do not expect the support of your white colleagues: those in denial will always discard unwelcome evidence.
- Do not be surprised if ethnic minority colleagues offer support in private, but avoid doing so in public.
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