So roughly once a week the guy that works in the cubicle across the aisle from mine will say some racist or prejudiced comment.
Most weeks it will be about the younger generation, but it will occasionally stray into sexism or racism.
He recently spent an afternoon upset about reparations to the black community for slavery. During that conversational tantrum he said things that made me embarrassed to be the same species as him. One of the lesser offensive things he commented was about how “they would spend the money on liquor and drugs.”
What are some options for how to handle this?
I’ll mention I’ve tried questioning his comments to oblivion (“why do you think that”, this upset me more, so I am trying not to engage with him directly).
I’d prefer not to be the whiny young member of the small office (<25 ppl) that brings this to the attention of a boss, there’s not a doubt that it will immediately be obvious I said something. Rocking the boat feels dangerous to my employment.