[UT] Are my boss’s comments considered harassment?
Hello everyone I’m a first time poster so apologies if I mess this up. I (19 F) am in my hometown for the summer before I go back to college. I have taken a seasonal position at a big cooperation where I work as a gardener. I have a team manager (60+ M) who is over me and all the other gardeners. My entirety of working here has consisted of some strange comments from him. He has made many racist remarks and comments about my fellow colleagues regarding their performance/job status. He specifically dislikes one of my coworkers who then because the subject of various termination threats, which my manager doesn’t have the power to do. All of these weird comments lead up to yesterday where he made a strange comment towards me. I will not write out the whole comment but it was along the lines of what he would do if he were my “daddy” and started talking about my underwear. While I felt highly uncomfortable and confused I recognize that this could be a just a joke in poor taste and is not HR worthy. I am debating whether or not bringing my concerns up to HR or higher management. I can only think of how it could be so much worse and the comments are tame compared to the vast majority of incidents that are considered harassment. I’m also hesitant as I don’t want to affect someone’s employment status and risk someone losing their job because I felt uncomfortable from an albeit odd comment. The gist of it is that I am just wondering if I am being overdramatic. I appreciate any help or advice you give me.