The C.O..W.S. Neutralizing Workplace Racism 03/19/21

The Context of White Supremacy hosts the weekly forum on Neutralizing Workplace Racism. Gus was out and about enjoying an almost-Spring day in Seattle. He stopped to view The Seattle Times, and noted the cover story featured a black male, being terrorized while delivering papers. 24-year-old Sedrick Altheimer was accosted by an off-duty White man, Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer, while delivering papers earlier this year. To make matters worse, the white officer lied and told dispatchers that Altheimer threatened to kill him. In the 12 months since the coronavirus strangled the planet, there have been a plethora of incidents where black drivers have been threatened, attacked and detained by random White citizens. It is imperative that any non-white people who work as delivery drivers create a high-quality code to neutralize these sort of violent encounters. We also discuss the topic of “burnout” on the job – what burnout means and what non-white people can and should do to nourish mental health and wellness.