My team makes jokes related to my country of origin from time to time. First, it was funny, but now it starts being annoying due to the frequency of those jokes. Not sure how to react anymore. Advice?

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Say something along the lines of “your humor is lacking in creativity, find some new material" and be dead ass serious about it.

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Just tell them firmly like hey I’m a little bothered by these jokes about where I am from, can you all stop doing it? For any sensible people, they would apologize and not do it anymore. If they keep doing that, report to HR.

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I hope it’s Russia.

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Just make jokes about how the natives here elected Trump

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Say your from America and enjoy being obese, illiterate and wearing Nikes

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Talk to your manager about it. While I sense you have no desire to make this an HR issue, it could be. Just because you thought it was funny at the beginning doesn’t mean you have to live with it forever. Your manager can talk to the team and make sure everyone knows jokes like that, for any country, are not appropriate .

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Don’t tolerate. Ask them to stop once if it happens again report. Today it’s about country tomorrow it will be about you.

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Confront them. Going through HR or a partner is super lame. When you confront them, what are they going to do. Go to HR and say they were making inappropriate jokes and that’s why you confronted them? This is 2018, not 1980.

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Tell them their jokes are both appreciated and ask them to stop. If they refuse or if they retaliate call HR and file a complaint. This is 100% unacceptable from our profession.

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Which country?

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I would tell one person I felt closest to ok first. Lowers the risk and courage necessary while helping everyone save face. You the words you used here as it sounds less threatening. You might even ask them if they could help get the team to lay off.

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Simply going by probability and coverage, my best guess is it is India.

Wait for another 10 years. They be looking up to you

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Thank you, everyone

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PwC1 just saying that there's likely one side with less credence

What country? Like, if you’re Canadian and you say “eh” just laugh with them

I bet you’re from Colombia

HR. Don’t tolerate shit like that

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