Reply #104: i was the boss of a dozen women from central and south america, as well as DR and omigod they all

[bettyellen]

had very firm opinions about what nations were best and thought they could perpetuate their pecking order at work. Sadly most of it was based on who was whitest. I hired someone I knew from DR and they others all united (for the first time) and gave her a really hard time. They kept telling me I didn't know what Dominicans were like, they I needed to fire her. I had to threaten everyone that they would go first, because they had shown me they intended to make race an ssue and they were dead wrong. I was going for talent and hard work, and I was keeping her as my right hand, and they could and should learn from her skills and goodness as a person. And so they left her alone, and accepted her just fine after a while. But it was an eye opener all right.