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Those seem like pretty large generalizations for someone telling others to drop prejudice.

I've worked in a dozen or so places in three countries. In my experience it's commonplace. Hence why I expressed that I am sick of it. If you haven't come across this at all then IMHO you're very lucky and perhaps you'd like to share the names of your enlightened employers?

What is the common factor in all these destructive relationships with co-workers over so many different companies and environments?

I read the parent post three times. I didn't see any generalizations in its text at all.

Assessing a culture involves "generalizations", and thank goodness we can assess cultural climates. Without "generalizations" we could say nothing about how whites treated blacks post-slavery, as the laws and lynchings would be isolated incidents.

>Without "generalizations" we could say nothing about how whites treated blacks post-slavery

Any negative generalization about a non-white group would be characterized as racist, yet you think it's okay to make generalizations about whites.

Historical record shows many different groups to be acting in self-interest, even if those actions are "negative" -- for an example most people, including yourself hopefully, already understands completely, we can point to the Nazis. I don't believe you are engaging genuinely and honestly.

(Full disclosure: I'm a white man)

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