The C.O.W.S. Neutralizing Workplace Racism 05/07/21

The Context of White Supremacy hosts the weekly forum on Neutralizing Workplace Racism. The year’s worth of disruption resulting from Covid-19 allowed many powerful White people to hang out at home on zoom since last spring. Meanwhile, lots of non-white workers have been forced to continue commuting to a physical location. This new divide may be permanent for some, as a number of powerful workers will be allowed to continue to remain at home for all or a substantial portion of their work week. C.O.W.S.’s listeners have reported this exact dynamic – their White supervisors have “Zoomed” in their pajamas, offering remote (often, useless) managerial support. We’ll also discuss one work site where workers are demanding the right to discuss politics and current events on the job. Gus thinks this is a horrendous idea.