I work in a chud-filled workplace in a chud-filled state, with a lot of the bullshit that goes along with it. Today, though, a coworker said something particularly bad like it was no big deal, calling a poorly tied down load on a trailer jury-rigged... except she replaced the jury with a hard-r N word. I thought I misheard her until she repeated it. Call me a lib, but I had no idea how to respond and still don't. Previously I thought she might be alright in this respect since she's really proud of being part native, taking part in some of the traditions of her native side of the family; obviously this doesn't preclude racism against black folks, but still.
Anyway, I don't trust my chud bosses to take it seriously and I don't feel like the coworker in question would listen to whatever I have to say since I'm a white guy in a state with a small black population (we do not have any black coworkers).
I'd appreciate any advice from people on here on how to not be a lib about the situation.
Edit: I should add that I would like to quit and leave the company with one less worker, but I need the money right now until I can find something else.
Thank you all for the advice, looks like I'll just need to find some backbone. This job isn't more important than anti-racism, after all.
It's a common enough term where I'm from. Although most of the time it ends up getting pronounced like Jerry rigged
I think that's because it was Jerry rigged, using an old English pejorative for Germans.
Holy shit wow. The things I learn on Hexbear you guys are keen.
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Minor nitpick, but it actually began during WWI.
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You probably shouldn't take my word for it
https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2019/12/jerry-rigged.html
It apparently predates calling Germans "Jerry".
Oh wow that's cool. I'm gonna start pronouncing it that way to stick it to The Hun
It's the default way of saying it here in Aus. It's an old Naval term from what I remember, goes back at least to the Napoleonic Wars. I'd say it's probably from the French "jour"...that is, a rigging that'll work for a single day. Can't be assed looking it up.
Wtf I thought it was cracker rigged
cumskin rigged