Personally, I have friends from all walks of life. Ive got Indian, Pakistani, Caucasian, Black, Hispanics, etc. All kinds of friends! I dont care about sexual orientation, race, color, ethnicity, etc. I like people and even though Im shy when I first meet someone, I try to find reasons to like them.
And as much as I try to be accepting of these people, Ive got a problem:
My boss is gay. He is openly, proudly and flamboyantly gay. Even if you couldnt tell when you first met him, he will make sure you know in the following five minutes. He is an over-educated, well traveled and extremely cultured man as well. He’s been all over the world, including India and Pakistan. From a man like this, I would expect a certain amount of…lets say open-mindedness…if thats a word at all.
Last week, my colleagues and I were just taking a break and goofing off a bit as we had had an extremely busy day. He was walking by and noticed so decided to break us up…not a problem. He just walked up casually and reminded us of a few things we still had to turn in before we left. He made a few cracks at someone (he openly hits on the good-looking guys that work with us) and then turned to me and says: “You! You need to turn in your report! Im going to start playing that Middle-Eastern crap for you 5 times a day from now on to help you focus!” Now, he is laughing this entire time and obviously joking but I dont like this joke. I dont find it funny at all.
I just looked at him like I had no idea what he was talking about and said “What?”. He shut up and walked away laughing.
Secretly, Ive always sensed his animosity towards Islam (not myself) because we dont encourage homosexuality.
But I dont judge people according to their lifestyle and expect the same from them. We’ve had a pretty good relationship in the past and I dont want it to go down the tubes but this is unacceptable…at least to me it is.
I could ignore it, I could file a lawsuit against him, I could talk to him, etc.
What would you guys do?