Former diversity director at University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Rochelle Hoffman, is suing the school for allegedly forcing her to resign due to her race.
She claims to have faced criticism and harassment for being white, including opposition from students and faculty, and being told to move to a different department for her “personal and professional safety.”
Hoffman is seeking financial compensation for lost wages and punitive damages against university administrators.
“After eight months of intense hostility and staff questioning her ‘legitimacy’ in the department because of her race and color, she felt she had no choice but to resign,” reads the lawsuit.
According to the lawsuit, students asked, “You hired a white woman as the Interim Director?” and shouted, “We don’t want white people in the [Multicultural Student Services] office.”
“It was exclusively Hoffman’s identity as white that was the issue; criticism was about her race and color, not her qualifications,” wrote the lawyers in the filing.
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