This document outlines a training on racial harassment. The training aims to define racial harassment, provide examples of racially harassing behaviors, discuss the consequences of racial harassment, and advise on how to handle incidents of racial harassment. Specifically, the training defines racial harassment as unwelcome behavior that occurs due to someone's race, color, or national origin. Examples discussed include racial jokes, insults, nicknames, memes, and accent mimicry. The training notes racial harassment can cause depression, a toxic work environment, and legal issues for employers. It advises communicating unwelcome behavior to the harasser and reporting incidents to supervisors or human rights authorities.

1. RACIAL HARASSMENT
TRAINING
Raden Roro Bibriyanti Utami Putri
(4366338)

2. Learning Objectives
By the end of this training, trainees will be able
to:
 Have a clear understanding about racial
harassment.
 Determine some examples of racial
harassment.
 Know how to handle racial harassment in the
workplace.

3. Agenda
 Racial Harassment Defined
 What is considered a Racial Harassment?
 Mini Activity
 Consequences of Racial Harassment in the
workplace
 How to handle Racial Harassment

4. What is Racial Harassment?
When someone is
bothering you,
threatening you or
treating you unfairly
because of your
perceived race, colour,
ancestry, place of origin,
ethnic origin, creed,
citizenship (Ontario
Human Rights
Commission, 2012).
Unwelcome behavior that
happens to you because
of your race, color, or
national origin, such as
verbal or physical conduct
of a racial nature
(Workplacefairness,
2020).
An action, which is verbal or
physical, repeated or
single, deliberate and
unwelcome because of
someone's racial
background. (Milos &

5. What is considered a racial harassment?
Milos & Kleiner (2000)
 Actions to avoid someone, suggestion of unpleasant smell, laughing at
someone, constant scapegoating, physical confrontation, comments and
imitations of people’s language with the intention to make fun, refusal to
work with or train someone because of ethnic background, remarks about
someone's cultural or racial background
OHRC (2012)
 Racial jokes.
 Insults someone because of his or her racial identity.
 Call certain name to someone based on their race, colour, citizenship,
place of origin, ancestry, ethnic background.
 Post picture in a workplace that degrade particular person or racial group.
*The most common type of workplace harassment (racial & sexual) is verbal
abuse (Hango & Moyser, 2018).

6. Which of the followings are racial harassment
or not?
Asking colleagues where are they from.
Calling Mohamed with a racial nickname.
A supervisor is threatening Hardeep to demote him if he keeps
wearing his turban at work.
Post racial memes about Chinese tourist in company’s intranet.
Mimic Agnieszka’s East European accent in front of her and other
colleagues.
Take 5 minutes!

7. Check your answer!
Asking colleagues where are they from. No
Calling Mohamed with a racial nickname. Yes
A supervisor is threathening Hardeep to demote him if he keeps
wearing his turban at work.
Yes
Post racial memes about Chinese tourist in company’s intranet. Yes
Mimics Agnieszka’s East European accent in front of her and
other colleagues.
Yes

8. Consequences
 Depression
 Toxic Environment
 Poor productivity
 High absenteeism
and Turnover rate
 Hurt brand image
and company’s
reputation
 Law suits against
company
 Loss of business
RACIAL HARASSMENT

9. Case Study Example
Nathan an employee in construction firm against his employer Stan. Stan
made a persistent and repeated racist comments to Nathan, including
calling him a “worthless n---er.”
Tribunal found:
- “The comments I have found were made by Stan were discriminatory when
he referred to ‘you people’ and ‘your race,’ meaning people of the same
race as the applicant, being ‘stupid.’
- “While that may reflect Stan’s own personal approach to being subjected to
racial comments, it does not reflect the law of this province and is not
consistent with Stan’s responsibilities as an employer.”
Tribunal ordered:
- 20,000 CAD compensation.
(Hart, 2017)

10. How to handle it?
 Communicate to the harasser directly that the
conduct is unwelcome.
 Report it ASAP to your supervisor and HR
department. If they are the one who harass you,
contact Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario at 1-
866-598-0322 (OHRC, 2012).

11. You have completed the Online Racial
Harassment Training.
Congratulation

12. References
Hart, M. (June 28, 2017). George v. 1735475 Ontario Limited. Retrieved from
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W8gTGltaXRlZCAAAAAAAQ&resultIndex=1#document
Hango, D., & Moyser, M. (December 17, 2018). Harassment in Canadian
Workplaces. Retrieved from https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/pub/75-006-
x/2018001/article/54982-eng.pdf?st=vTHKM74p
Milos, E., & Kleiner, B. H. (September 1, 2000). New developments concerning racial
harassment in the workplace. Equal Opportunities International, 19(6), 20-23.
Retrieved from
http://dx.doi.org.proxy.library.niagarac.on.ca:8080/10.1108/02610150010786454
Ontario Human Rights Commission. (2012). Racial Harassment: Know your rights.
Retrieved from
http://www3.ohrc.on.ca/sites/default/files/Racial%20harassment_English_accessible.
pdf
Workplacefairness. (October, 2020). Racial Harassment. Retrieved from
https://www.workplacefairness.org/race-harassment#6