This isn’t actually the most offensive workplace culture story of the week (for that see here), but that really isn’t saying much. Here’s the resignation letter from the state editor at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette describing the atmosphere at work through specific incidences:

 From: mmitchell
Subject: Fuck the glass
Date: February 14, 2008 8:36:31 AM CST
To: to-all

Cc: to-all-LR, to-all-NW

All I wanted to do at this newspaper is to do a good job. I came here because I thought it was a good newspaper. But, it’s not. It’s a good ole’ boys club made up of old white males. Nobody else has a voice. This is a newspaper in which: The city editor can verbally abuse another editor in the presence of the managing editor and nothing is done. The managing editor in a news meeting slugs a potential 1A story as blonde bombshells - a story in which bombs were strapped on two retarded foreign women and sent into a crowd. Male editors are allowed to talk about penis size during news meetings. Editors call Hispanics wetbacks in news meetings. Editors are proud to call blacks niggers in news stories. A city editor gets his feelings hurt over coverage of a story and I’m penalized for it. The managing editor is a bald face liar and the executive editor doesn’t give a damn. So to “the glass,” I resign effective immediately. Marilyn Mitchell

The response from another editor is pretty funny in a galling way (a la “In my dozen years here, I have NEVER seen anybody (editor or otherwise) “proud” that the “n-word” was used anywhere. ” and “I suppose some males will discuss penis size in the news meetings (boys being boys)”) 

Via Feministing