Rivers Have Sources, Trees Have Roots: Speaking of RacismRivers have Sources is an oral record of racism experienced in employment, the educational system, and everyday life, selected from over one hundred interviews with people from Native, Black, Chinese, and South African communities. |
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Page 121
... supervisor , above me . So it seems like relationships with supervisors determine promotions . That is a form of racism because the company demanded very high job performances from every employee . I came here in 1972. I worked in a ...
... supervisor , above me . So it seems like relationships with supervisors determine promotions . That is a form of racism because the company demanded very high job performances from every employee . I came here in 1972. I worked in a ...
Page 126
... supervisors tended to treat me with a little more caution . My supervisor wouldn't tell me if she felt I did something wrong . She would go to the manager , and he would deal with me . People who didn't know much more than you did , and ...
... supervisors tended to treat me with a little more caution . My supervisor wouldn't tell me if she felt I did something wrong . She would go to the manager , and he would deal with me . People who didn't know much more than you did , and ...
Page 135
... supervisor how to do the job . I did training sessions . People came to me for advice , but my attitude wasn't considered right because I wasn't a nicey - nicey person . I could see what they wanted in a coloured person or in a worker ...
... supervisor how to do the job . I did training sessions . People came to me for advice , but my attitude wasn't considered right because I wasn't a nicey - nicey person . I could see what they wanted in a coloured person or in a worker ...
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References to this book
Dangerous Territories: Struggles for Difference and Equality in Education Leslie G. Roman,Linda Eyre No preview available - 1997 |
The Language and Politics of Exclusion: Others in Discourse Stephen Harold Riggins No preview available - 1997 |