In response to Heather, slandering another ethnic group is NEVER a good thing. I honestly can't believe people in the corporate world could possibly ever think it's an acceptable thing to do/say. Regardless of a persons personal feelings, saying something like that to a business associate is not only offensive, it's just plain stupid. I mean, what's the point? The only thing it could possibly do is alienate someone or completely bite you in the ass and cost you your job. Where I work, making a racist comment like that guy did would certainly cost him his job. Immediately. And the higher up the ladder the person was, the faster they'd escort him to the door.