A friend and I were catching up at the office and I overheard talking a couple cubes down. I wasn’t even intentionally eavesdropping when I heard them saying something related to the yearly salary earnings of one of my coworkers. He’s at the same job level as me but according to what I heard he’s getting paid A LOT more than me! We’ve been working here about the same amount of time too! There’s all types of crazy thoughts running through my mind right now. Did he get a better offer because of his racial background or is it a simple case of him being a better job offer negotiator than I am. I hate playing the race/gender inequality card; REALLY HATE THAT!!! But my family can use that extra cash right now with school and holiday planning. All I want to do yell at my boss right now but I need the job. Any advice how I can address this professionally without putting my job at risk?

Do not work for Dairy Queen on 153. The owner is racist but what he didn't know is I have a biracial child.

My family background is from Europe. I am finding it frustrating that a lot of jobs in my area need people to speak Spanish, but I am not from any part of Mexico, and find no need for me to learning it, when it is not a part of my family, so I have not been getting jobs due to being white. I am trying to move out of my area, it is getting bad the racism. Any ideas how to combat this while I am trying to move out of my city?