Current NYRR employee wrote:
wejo, if you read through all the stories on the Instagram account, you will notice that they are primarily about workplace culture, not specific actions by Michael (although there are a few of those as well). To reframe my point above: there is a difference between saying someone is a blatant, intentional racist (which I haven't heard anyone saying about Michael) and, alternatively, accusing them of enabling racism, sexism, and harassment in the workplace by failing to address it and hold HR accountable to properly handle instances of employee abuse, which is exactly what has been happening on his watch. A person with bias is usually blind to their own bias. That doesn't mean their bias isn't a serious problem that can have extremely damaging and hurtful effects on others, particularly if they are in a position of leadership or social importance.
I understand what you are saying but to me some of the examples and language did not give the impression you were trying to say Michael was some guy who just was a poor leader. The letter said he ‘he fosters toxic, discriminatory, and systemically racist work culture at NYRR.’
Not that he was just blind to legitimate employee complaints.
I guess maybe it depends on how people view some of the terms you are using. To me’systematically racist work culture ‘ is a big deal and really bad. However if you are the type of person who thinks nearly every work culture is systematically racist then perhaps saying one is systematically racist to you actually isn’t as bad as if I said a work culture was systematically racist.
It’s clear we may define those terms differently.
I think I and the vast majority of people would have no problem with there Nyrr working with the police. The police have their issues but they are a reflection of society hat has issues as well as Peter Walsh pointed out on our podcast this week.
I think leaving out some of the kitchen sink complaints would have made the argument stronger but there are things that should be investigated.