62: Black lives matter

Also in the workplace. In response to black lives matter our workplace got a talented speaker in on active allyship and how to be an anti-racist. Several roundtables were organised and the anti-racist guide distributed. My black colleague - same one as in story 1 - got an abusive email from a white man in the business (in his 30s) telling her he was disgusted that this material was being distributed and that he would be complaining about it. He had not bothered to even check from whom the idea to distribute the guide had originated - it was actually a white male, a very senior manager and my colleague had merely sent the email out. She was really upset. I was shocked the white male could have been so shortsighted as to not think through or check why the email had been sent but instead jumped to conclusions. Worse that he felt entitled to speak to my colleague in that way. Nonetheless my black colleague sent a nice email back explaining the situation and I heard he was later forced to and did apologise to her. I felt embarrassed and ashamed. If what was said on white allyship in the business had been meant then why was he not suspended for gross misconduct?