Unpleasant environment. Rife with racist attitudes - Anonymous employee Turn2us Employee Review

I’m an ethnic minority female and a current staff member. My husband is White, our beloved child is what is called White passing. Ethnic minority employees are patronised by the management, supported when our opinions match those of the management but there is an obvious undercurrent of hostility when our views do not conform to their own. The most vocal who push these assumptions are White, who have an attitude of paternalism towards us and aggressively try to assume leadership roles in order to “save us”, that we need their “protection and guidance”. Treating us as if we require their benevolence rather than treating us as equals is White Supremacist and that attitude is pervasive here, it is so patronising and grotesquely offensive to experience. A very smirking condescension, an insincerity, you will be regarded as a skin colour first and then a person. Turn2us is also institutionally racist. We had anti-racism training in which minority ethnic employees were to be segregated from White employees and encouraged to discuss how racism affected us - essentially that White employees are responsible. White staff members had their own session in which they were condemned for their “race guilt” in perpetuating discrimination. My child and husband are not guilty of this. Emails are routinely sent to everyone at Turn2us in which White employees are harassed for their “White fragility”. It causes resentment, tension and division. To believe that it wouldn’t is to believe White people are somehow more sophisticated and superior. Again it’s racism and White Supremacy masked as paternalism. What you need to understand is this: the charity has clear policies against bullying and racism. These are irrelevant. Work place bullying is still a serious problem and it discriminates based upon race. I sincerely hope for the sake of my daughter that those who irresponsibly encourage this type of racism are ostracized from any management positions in future. Judge an organisation on their deeds, not their words.