In the hallway having a conversation in Spanish with another Spanish teacher, a staff member shouts out to us, “speak English, this is America.” I stopped and asked her “really?” She said “I don’t understand it,” to which I said, “we weren’t talking to you, you don’t need to understand.” To make it worse, this is the second time she has said this to me. What could I say next time so she never tells me this again? I heard she has told other kids this too, we have a very high ESL population…

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Not sure how to word it, but they are making a racist comment. If they are doing this regularly that is harassment. I would have a private discussion and let them know how their comments affect you and the students. Also that if the comments do not stop you will take the issue to admin/HR. It needs to be documented that this person is behaving this way.

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Most issues should be resolved with a conversation to add clarity to the context of the conversation. Evidently you’ve tried this and your colleagues continues to be an ass. You might want to bring in admin to join you on a conversation with this other instructor.

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