As you’ll read below, Rachel Dawson, a former DEI administrator at the University of Michigan, was fired for allegedly making some inexcusable remarks.
The Detroit Free Press reports:
Former DEI administrator sues University of Michigan, alleges discrimination in firingA Black woman who ran the Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives is suing the University of Michigan, claiming racial and gender discrimination in her firing.The school fired Rachel Dawson in December after she was accused of making antisemitic remarks at an academic conference in March 2024.Two conference attendees claim Dawson said words to the effect of: “The university is controlled by wealthy Jews” and “We don’t work with Jews. They are wealthy and privileged and they take care of themselves.”Dawson denies making any such remarks and said the university treated her differently based on her race and gender.”I am aware of several non-Black employees of the university who have been the subject of similar complaints about their behavior, and none have been terminated,” Dawson wrote in a statement to the school before her disciplinary hearing. “The allegations against me illustrate how racial and gender biases can shape the interpretation of events and statements, especially for Black woman in positions of authority.”The school denies any wrongdoing.”Rachel Dawson was appropriately terminated from her employment at the University of Michigan,” school spokeswoman Kay Jarvis told the Free Press in an email last month when Dawson filed a notice of intent to sue. “We will vigorously defend this matter.”Dawson filed the lawsuit in federal court and noted in it that she also intends to pursue a state court claim of discrimination.Dawson said she remembered talking with the two women who accused her, but her recollection of the conversation was far different. She said that when the two women heard she was from U-M, they approached her to discuss rumors of antisemitism on campus. Dawson said she told them that the school was doing its best to combat antisemitism and all forms of discrimination.
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