Telling ‘Yanks’ to go home is racist, tribunal rules

A tribunal found that telling a person “Yanks go home” amounted to racist harassment. The decision held that the phrase targeted nationality-related identity and created an offensive environment, even though the speaker claimed it was meant as a casual comment. The tribunal said the remark risked humiliating and excluding the complainant and could not be treated as acceptable banter. The ruling followed a complaint alleging the person experienced repeated derogatory comments at work, and that the employer failed to take adequate action.