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Racist "Joke" in Work Email

Das Kitty · 2008-04-10 07:49:06

Thought there used to be a work problems forum but I can't find it. This morning I received an incredibly racist joke in an email from a work colleague. It's full of bull about how immigrants are getting loads of handouts and free houses and stuff and then goes on to say how none of them have jobs. Now I've never met a…

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#32 14-04-2008 11:49am

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I'd be extremely offended if someone forwarded me something like this. Think the general rule should be: would you be offended if someone forwarded you this about Irish people when you were living in another country? Of course you would be. That type of racist crap shouldn't be forwarded around the office (although if people want to be scumbags in their private life that's up to them).

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#33 21-04-2008 10:09pm

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It wasnt the joke about the Royal Family playing the "what am I thinking about" game was it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ET3zLM_MiE

:pac:

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