Considering what you have read this week, write how you might respond if you were in the letter writer’s shoes.
Would you remain silent and change the subject, or do you pipe up and say something?
Change does not come by being silent. Maybe this individual believes there’s no harm in expressing his opinion/beliefs (regardless of the nature) in the workplace because until now no one has taken the time to convey that his comments are offensive. Racism and sexism may be things that I cannot change his mind about. According to Storti (2011), an individual’s behavior is based on personal beliefs and values that have been instilled as a result of the type of environment that he or she was raised in or has become accustomed to; nonetheless, in an
Would you remain silent and change the subject, or do you pipe up and say something?
Change does not come by being silent. Maybe this individual believes there’s no harm in expressing his opinion/beliefs (regardless of the nature) in the workplace because until now no one has taken the time to convey that his comments are offensive. Racism and sexism may be things that I cannot change his mind about. According to Storti (2011), an individual’s behavior is based on personal beliefs and values that have been instilled as a result of the type of environment that he or she was raised in or has become accustomed to; nonetheless, in an