March 1, 2001 at 12:00 am #37612
Julia27013
Participant
You may just be working with a bunch of jerks. I’m white and have been on the receiving end of such false praise by jealous co-workers (also white). I’m just sorry that you have to work under such ugly circumstances. I don’t know if there is such a thing as code language for white people – if there is, I’ve never heard it. People in tight groups often can know what another is really thinking by the way a comment is made or a look or a wink or something – but that goes for all races. What you describe actually sounds more like a clique – you know, like snobby little high-school girls. Maybe your co-workers just never grew up.