If you are green or yellow, is it ethical to publicly call out racism done by lower

[DieFree]

lower levels

Let's say a department boss who publicly claims to be in favor of economic equality on racial lines, but does not use their political power at the firm to give good wages and consistent wage growth to black employees.  

 

 

[Preety_India]

Why do you have to be green or yellow for that? 

You can be at any stage and yet call out racism anytime. 

Calling out racism is always ethical, presuming the racism case is genuine with evidence of said discrimination. 

 

[Willie]

If you publicly call someone out, be ready to back it up when they try to defend themselves. Otherwise, you’re just someone creating unnecessary drama and probably won’t be taken seriously afterward. This is why things like whistleblowing and the #metoo movement are big deals, and probably also why Trump wanted strong libel laws. It’s all different forms of people calling out bad behavior publicly, and those who are called out getting defensive.

Cancel culture falls into the same category, but it can be taken too far. It’s easy to make baseless claims about a person on social media platforms. But overall, it’s ethical to do so and it’s good to hold people accountable to things they’ve done.

Edited August 14, 2021 by Willie

[snowyowl]

'Practice what you preach' is an important point, but there's a difference between green and yellow. Green is the impatient judgemental type who can't understand why the people in power can't just flick a switch and make society perfect overnight. They probably haven't been the bosses to appreciate the difficulties.  Yellow put themselves into the boots of all sides of the issue, and see that real deep seated change takes time. For instance, if one firm gives a big pay rise unilaterally while their competitors don't, they will be at a competitive disadvantage until the rest of society catches up with them. 

Edited August 14, 2021 by snowyowl