? Harrassement

[Anonymous <moonlite@cnx.net>]

I work for a very large newspaper chain in Canada. We do have our own harrassement policy.



I work with woman who is 30 years old and has never had hardship in her life. She continutally puts down single mothers - they don't deserve the right to have children, people who receive daycare assistance - most likely just had children to receive this assistance, people who are unemployed - they are bums, there are plenty of jobs out there they just don't look, she has  racial names for almost every type of person/race ie: spic, ect....



I am a single mother of a son who is 1/2 Spanish, I have received daycare assistance, I have been on Social Assistance in my past - due to some pretty severe reasons, I used to be a "street kid". I take great offence to everything she has to say.



I finally complained about it to my supervisor because listening to this all day long for 4 years finally got to me. She hardly ever said it to me directly, but she speaks loudly enough for everyone around her to here. When I verbally complaind to my supervisor, she asked me to put it in writting. This was becomming a formal complaint. I did what she asked.  



After a meeting this woman had with my supervisor, I wass approached by her. She claims that she knows I wrote the letter and that she doesn't even know what a "spic" is. She also claims that she never read my letter, nor did the supervisor tell her I wrote it, she just knows it's me. I later got a call at home from her asking if I sent her a "Hate Chain Letter"? - because of the fact that I wrote the complaint and because in it I stated that I wish nasty thoughts and things to happen to her. Those thoughts are, which I only clarified verbally to my supervisor are: 3 more children to the one that she already has and a divorce - just so that she would know what it feels like to actually have to go into places like "Social Services" and ask for help. 



So, if she didn't actually read the letter and I am the only person in the office that has a son who is 1/2 Spanish - yet she doesn't know what a "spic" is, how did she know it was me? 



So, if she didn't actually read the letter to know whether or not I wished nasty things would happen to her, like a divorce; why did she phone me at home to ask if I sent a hate chain letter to her? Which to clarify, I did not do. 



When approached by her in the office, it was right in front of my supervisor who responded by asking me, if I was on my lunch (because we talking during work hours). She then walked away and let this woman confront me. That upset me even further. I could not believe that my supervisor did not defend me, when she (the supervisor) was the one who asked for it in writing! Is this not harrassement too? 



I am not sure what to do about it. Did I do wrong? Does anyone have any ideas that could help me?