After reading to the end, I was surprised to see race being mentioned as a possible reason to why this person was bullied--it wasn't something I was considering up to that point. The story is one-sided, and I supposed it can only be that way. But it could be that author was naive about something that they did or was doing unintentionally to upset the SVP or someone else close to the SVP. Either way, I think the SVP's behavior was abhorrent as well as the manager's.