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How to handle racial microaggressions from customers

A customer asked me where I was really from three times after I said I was from Ohio and I did not know how to respond professionally.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A customer treated you like an outsider and you're expected to smile through it with no backing from your boss.

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