Bullying & Harassment Training Reviews

This was a good course as I felt it covered the subject on Bullying and Harrassment well.

Quite a comprehensive video, and the advice is easy to say but not easy to put into practice despite peoples best intentions / efforts, don't think seeing this video will deter the bully

I was very concerned that you decided to portray a black woman as the bully of a white man. Your video states that she is a bully if she makes him feel uncomfortable. The video then advises that this is the case even if she is not intending harm, or says she is the victim. The sub-text is that, if a person of colour makes a white person uncomfortable, regardless of what they have experienced, then they are the "bad guy". I feel that this message, although unintentional, is actively harmful. The obvious scenario: a black woman expereinces rascism from a white man and tells him so, which causes him to feel concerned about potentially facing repercussions. Your video states that in this scenario she is the bully, and he the victim. That is clearly not the correct conclusion. This narrative is commonly used by rascists to avoid being challenged, twisting a valid complaint to "If you're saying that this is about race, then you're the real rascist". It's very damaging because it makes it harder for people to speak out against rascism, and supports those who wish to continue to harass without consequences. I'm sure this was not your intention. This message was further reinforced by the section on protected characteristics, where a white man was used as an example of the "race" characteristic, protected from harassment by a black woman. This again implies support for a white person claiming harassment if a person of colour challenges them on their own or systemic rascism. I would imagine that the intention was to state that rascism is unacceptable and encourage people to challenge it. You have, however, given the opposite message. The rest of the video was of good quality, but inadvertantly empowering rascists and discouraging people who experience rascism has resulted in the poor score.