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“Nobody likes a whistleblower.” Witnessing silenced racism and homophobia at work

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In France, racist acts and riots appear consistently in the media. At the same time, racism in the French language is a debated concept often reduced to a matter of geography or class. In this short essay, I tell the story of 4 friends who experienced racism in an international, upper‐class community, stressing the diversity of their reactions. In the workplace, someone who speaks up runs the risk of losing his/her reputation, which maintains racism in organizations. I extend the analysis of silence with how the word “race” is silenced in the French language, limiting the ability to know and face racism. I end up with a reflexive account of film and its ability to reveal my own unconscious racism. This is a call to create a diversity of discourses so that new forms of subjectivizations emerge to collectively fight racism and all forms of discriminations.

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  • Pierre Lescoat, 2021. "“Nobody likes a whistleblower.” Witnessing silenced racism and homophobia at work," Gender, Work and Organization, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 28(5), pages 1893-1897, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:gender:v:28:y:2021:i:5:p:1893-1897
    DOI: 10.1111/gwao.12717
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    1. Mar Pérezts & Emmanouela Mandalaki, 2023. "Unsilencing silence on business school sexism : A behind-the-scenes narration on regaining voice," Post-Print hal-04325658, HAL.
    2. Aleksi Soini, 2022. "A gay reflection on microaggressions, symbolic normativities, and pink hair," Gender, Work and Organization, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 29(5), pages 1594-1611, September.

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