I'm at work, calling our donors to thank them for the gifts they made last year. I just called a guy who told me he will no longer be giving because he "isn't impressed that you put a Pakistani or whatever in charge." At first I didn't know what he was talking about because our CEO is a white women. Then it dawned on me our new board president is non-white.
The guy then follows up with "you might call me a racist."
Right? I mean, he owned it. I know these people exist but each time I run into someone so openly racist I'm taken aback. Particularly in a situation like this where he simply could have asked to be removed from our list without ever having to give an explanation.