I don't actually know the (for a lack of a better word at the moment) "Rules" for situations like this. This actually happened two years ago, but right now I'm just curious..
I was referred to a job by a friend that I went to high school with at a Jewelry Store that had predominantly Filipino employees (btw, I'm half Filipino). I went in to interview started off fine and then here was one of the exchanges:
Manager: "Are you Filipino?"
Me: "Yes, I'm half"
Manager: "Okay Good. We're all Filipinos here"
Then she carried on with the interview.
Even though I am Filipino, the question made me feel very uncomfortable with the fact that she asked me this in the interview. I decided that I didn't want to work for someone who was going to ask a question about someone's race so I just forgot about the place (Which, for two whole months she kept calling me over and over again even though I had told her I got hired someplace else--to which she became angry with me when I told her and she kept harassing me but that another story)
I'm just wondering if I should have reported this or something and if she has the right to even ask someone that kind of question.
I know I'll regret not saying anything if I should have, but I've been wondering this for a while..
I was referred to a job by a friend that I went to high school with at a Jewelry Store that had predominantly Filipino employees (btw, I'm half Filipino). I went in to interview started off fine and then here was one of the exchanges:
Manager: "Are you Filipino?"
Me: "Yes, I'm half"
Manager: "Okay Good. We're all Filipinos here"
Then she carried on with the interview.
Even though I am Filipino, the question made me feel very uncomfortable with the fact that she asked me this in the interview. I decided that I didn't want to work for someone who was going to ask a question about someone's race so I just forgot about the place (Which, for two whole months she kept calling me over and over again even though I had told her I got hired someplace else--to which she became angry with me when I told her and she kept harassing me but that another story)
I'm just wondering if I should have reported this or something and if she has the right to even ask someone that kind of question.
I know I'll regret not saying anything if I should have, but I've been wondering this for a while..