Totally relate to their experience as an expat in Germany. The microaggressions can really pile up and cause frustration. In last year's oktoberfest, a random drunk German dude (with his gang) was shouting racial slurs at us (group of Indians) to get out of our seat and bus. we just switched places to the front seat of the bus. The other passengers were totally unbothered by this and remained silent. I don't expect them to defend us or fight a random drunk dude for us but atleast say something in solidarity to us. It felt really powerless and shitty to be a victim of such blatant racism.
They most likely didn't say anything out of fear of becoming the target of the group. What happened to you sucked, but groups of men that are shouting racist things and are obviously drunk are just a huge risk for anyone.
Spot on. Layoffs barely save a dime in software behemoth like Google. Barring few startups that overhired in pandemic, it all boils down to this management tokenism.
