I am Mexican and have only 6 months in the US and I was working at a university in Texas.
I had a co-worker who was femi****, she hated men and and white people. She made a false complaint against me alleging that I was homophobic, racist and misogynist.
On her complaint there were some words that I said that were considered as improper language. I refer to an object using the word in spanish "marica" because it was not working, it was like a think out loud but the co-worker I told you asked me about that. In mexico you commonly use that word in such context saying phrases like "ese chile salio marica" when you eat a non-spicy pepper, is widely used with that meaning but it happens that the same word can be used to refer to homosexuals too, but is rarely used to refer to them, and was not the context of my phrase, in fact, the LGBT comunity in my country uses the word with the same context. Another incident was that I had a conversation about which words were improper to refer to black people, me and the co-workers discuss about the N-word, but you know, ai am new in the country and those are things that I should know, my work was the only place I socialize and I do not have relatives.
It happened that after the investigation of the complaint which had about 20 false or altered incidents, this isolated two eventes where considered as misconduct. In addition, other incidents with altered scenarios where included in the investigation report, for example they claim that I said an improper joke but what happened is that was a co-worker and I was asked by this person who complaint what he was refering at but was not my joke. In addition, they put lies im the report of investigation claiming that I spoke about the intimacy with my grilfriend which is not true, and also they considered as misconduct that I talk about my position being pro-life.
The conduct standards of the university does not clearly say which words are offensive and where to minor and isolated events. Since I came from another country I do not know which words are ofensive and which are not in the US, and those two are not considered as such in my country and where not intended to ofend anybody.
In addition, I was supposed to check the investigation report prior to the final decision and I was supposed to have 10 days to add final comments and I was not allowed to do that.
All of those false statements are in my public record and it may affect me if I ask for a job in another university.
Do you think that this was fair? Is there any recommendation that you can give me?
I had a co-worker who was femi****, she hated men and and white people. She made a false complaint against me alleging that I was homophobic, racist and misogynist.
On her complaint there were some words that I said that were considered as improper language. I refer to an object using the word in spanish "marica" because it was not working, it was like a think out loud but the co-worker I told you asked me about that. In mexico you commonly use that word in such context saying phrases like "ese chile salio marica" when you eat a non-spicy pepper, is widely used with that meaning but it happens that the same word can be used to refer to homosexuals too, but is rarely used to refer to them, and was not the context of my phrase, in fact, the LGBT comunity in my country uses the word with the same context. Another incident was that I had a conversation about which words were improper to refer to black people, me and the co-workers discuss about the N-word, but you know, ai am new in the country and those are things that I should know, my work was the only place I socialize and I do not have relatives.
It happened that after the investigation of the complaint which had about 20 false or altered incidents, this isolated two eventes where considered as misconduct. In addition, other incidents with altered scenarios where included in the investigation report, for example they claim that I said an improper joke but what happened is that was a co-worker and I was asked by this person who complaint what he was refering at but was not my joke. In addition, they put lies im the report of investigation claiming that I spoke about the intimacy with my grilfriend which is not true, and also they considered as misconduct that I talk about my position being pro-life.
The conduct standards of the university does not clearly say which words are offensive and where to minor and isolated events. Since I came from another country I do not know which words are ofensive and which are not in the US, and those two are not considered as such in my country and where not intended to ofend anybody.
In addition, I was supposed to check the investigation report prior to the final decision and I was supposed to have 10 days to add final comments and I was not allowed to do that.
All of those false statements are in my public record and it may affect me if I ask for a job in another university.
Do you think that this was fair? Is there any recommendation that you can give me?
