Cultural Prejudice In The Workplace

Perhaps one of the most uncomfortable situations in the workplace is discrimination due to prejudice. It can be based on cultural, religious, sexual preference, or ethnic prejudice. My dad told me as a kid we all have our prejudices in life. We tend to prefer blondes, tall and thin,
Chevy over Ford, Apple to PC, etc. Those prejudices are on a much lighter note. This week I want to discuss an experience my grandfather told me about when he was a young man working the cauliflower fields in Eastern Colorado after World War II. This is the closest experience I have had to this subject because thankfully, I have never experienced discrimination to my knowledge. I hope to express my grandfather’s feelings and emotions at the time. He has been gone for ten years this week, so to me it is fitting I honor a man who went through many things …show more content…
Racial, Ethnic, & Cultural Prejudice in the Workplace 3
Racial, Ethnic, & Cultural Prejudice in the Workplace
Discussion
We often take a look back at times from the past as nostalgic, in admiration, envy that we cannot go back to the once “good old days”. Those last three words have a different meaning depending on who you talk to. My grandfather, Alfred Atencio, Sr. was born in 1925 in San
Luis, Colorado. He was always full of pride when he talked about his hometown