Let America value lives of blacks; may the nation no longer be comfortable with unnecessary and unwarranted deaths at the hands of men in blue uniform, policymakers and powers that be. While working at a state public health agency ruled by white males, I was told by my white male boss to fire a Black supervisor reporting to me. “Why – what for?” He told me to write it up. I replied, “You go ahead and write it up. I will not fabricate information and sign my name to a false document.” I wanted him to make that command in writing. He delivered an unsigned performance evaluation and documented my alleged absence from the job, despite sick calls and doctor’s visit. He left unsigned envelope, instead and caused me emotional trauma. My support staff described that he inserted it underneath the shut door of my office.

Fortunately for me, a lawyer referred by civil rights organizations that I worked with advised me to respond with details, describing the facts and truth. It was supported by a Kaiser physician who saw me and she documented my prolonged internal bleeding. 
Each paragraph I wrote began with, Had this not been pretextual discrimination, you would have accepted my doctor’s note from a licensed facility…and so on. 
I stood up unwilling to lie which will lead to the unfair loss of job of a Black male supervisor. 
The irony is that this fellow human felt aggrieved and affected by the toxicity of upper mgt that during our one on one job evaluation session, he tried to tape record our conversation, but it malfunctioned.

I told him that not all are his enemies, that I am his ally, and he needs to differentiate working with an ally and against someone smiling at him, a white male, yet worked behind the scenes to get him fired. 

Another time, a white woman, who competed against me to get the highest regional position resented me for getting the promotion. She told me I got the position through affirmative action, as if w/o merit in 1992. I asked her did she have an advanced degree? Did she work in coalitions? Did she take mgt and leadership courses on Sat. for 2 years? Did she get compliance rate of 90% in her enforcement cases?