Someone spreading race hate. Report to employer?

What’s your motive? Why does you think you’re in a position to decide what’s racist?

@emma91july The majority of us will just report truly hateful posts without the need to come on here and ask.
As you’ve not been back I can only assume you’re here to be a goady fucker and don’t actually give 2 fucks about what actually doing anything.

I would, and I have. A Met Police Officer posting racist shite.

The only person who ruined his career was him.

Behaviours have consequences

If I thought there was a chance it could impact the service the wider community receives from
this person I would absolutely report them with evidence.

I thought the same. I’ve reported some absolutely dreadful posts on Facebook that haven’t been removed.

OP if you want to report them do it, his workplace can decide if it needs to be managed under their social media policy.

Reporting animosity is despicable in your opinion, why?

On here a while back it was racist to look at someone and it was also racist to not look at someone.

So I think it is safe to say that until people know what was actually said, maybe reserve judgement before egging the OP on to 'report'.

there are various definitions of "racist" and it is not always clear what posters mean.

it is also not clear if this racism is or can be related to the person's employer (eg they have all their work details on their bio, etc)

Nobody is defending racism. people are defending anonymous snitching that may have serious real world consequences out of all proportion to the crime.

And to do so anonymously? is underhand and cowardly. If i encountered someone on my fb friends list who made a racist comment, i would: challenge them by replying to the comment.
Probably by unfriending, and maybe even blocking them.

I may, if they have all their employers details on their profile, warn them that what they have written is racist and someone else - not me - may alert their employer.

The ball is then in their court.

If it was someone i worked with? I would just go up to them and tell them that they need to be much more careful about posting racist tripe, and unfriend/block.
I would also be checking the company SM policies.

But i absolutely do not believe that anonymous reporting is a good thing in these circumstances.

Should add that if this were a supposed friend of mine, I'd most certainly challenge what they were saying. I might even, depending on the content they were posting, contact them off the social media platform and tell them that I cannot agree with their views, and am shocked/disappointed to see this from someone I considered a friend. I'd probably block them too and stop the friendship.

That said, I've an elderly relative who shares content I consider borderline racist, but it's the sort of insidious Britain First garbage. I can't block them for a variety of reasons but I've countered every post they've ever put up, and when they've reviewed my rebuttal, they don't disagree. I suspect in this case, there are some MH issues related to ageing.
If it were someone younger I'd have absolutely no qualms about going in all guns blazing. I hate racists.

Agreed

Presumably you were 'friends' with this person on Facebook to be able to see their posts. If this is the case why would you not call them out?

I agree with challenging racism. I'm not sure I agree with doing it anonymously. Why would you report to their employer unless the employer is linked to the social media, or they are a spokesperson? If you disagree with what they have written or their opinions then you can either block and ignore or call it out directly like an adult?

We have a civic duty to report crime and call things out that are unacceptable. If the employer is asking for whistle blowing reports then use it.

Wow the amount of people agreeing that someone is a racist without actually knowing what was said….

You’ve blocked him. Leave it be now - not your issue. 🤷‍♀️

If it disturbs you then report it. It’s up to the employer to decide if lines have been crossed.
Just be certain that it actually is hate and not just an unpopular opinion.
IF it’s more a case of you don’t like her opinions then you’d be better off blocking.
IF it’s true racism don’t be afraid to call it out. That includes reporting to the police because that should be your first port of call before the employer.

Hate speech is actually a crime and rightfully so.

Presumably if they're bad enough that the culprit should lose his job, the police will be involved, so I'm not sure why you feel the need to insert yourself into the situation? Presumably if the police need your help with the investigation they'll call you.

It all rests entirely upon what they are saying / posting.

I'm quite sure I am part of the ' racist' and 'Islamaphobic' accused on another thread I'm part of. I certainly would not deserve to be ' cancelled ' based on one's definition of these terms.

Yes and I absolutely wouldn’t give a shit about doing so. If they lose their job, that’s on them and their employer, not you . I wouldn’t be anon though

I would tbh. I wouldn't feel bad about being anonymous either.

Facebook removed posts referencing Jay Bhattacharya and Sunetra Gupta that questioned lockdowns. I wouldn't conclude anything from what Facebook remove or ignore.

I agree with your observation. The number of openly racist comments ( and I mean blatant racism) is quite something. I came to the conclusion FB doesn't want to ' police' it. Too much resource.

A daily occurrence tbh sadly

Fuck, that's terrifying.

They work in a very "customer-centric" in the heart of a very diverse community.

Starbucks or the NHS? Because my level of busybodying would differ. Unemployed racists aren't safer in any way. But if their job has an element of professional standards, that's more important.