Friday, August 27, 2004
GOP sued for race discrimination and retribution
Nadia Naffe, former field director in SW Florida for the GOP filed a lawsuit in federal court alledging race discrimination and retribution on the job.
Naffe complains that she was subjected to racially insensitive and stereotypical statements by RPOF (Republican Party of Florida) Executive Director of Party Development Terry Kester. Among Naffe's specific complaints:
-- Instructing Naffe to contact African-American Republican Clubs to discourage their members from attending an NAACP march because "The last thing (the RPOF) want(s) to see is some black guy on television wearing a Republican shirt and responding to the press in an ignorant way."
-- Telling Naffe that she was being given race-matched job assignments because "you understand your people."
Naffe alledges that she went over the head of Kester to RPOF officials who did nothing to address her complaints. So Naffe went to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in March to attempt to get a solution. When Naffe informed her employers that she'd contacted the EEOC she was told, "You don't have the right to an attorney. You don't have the right to speak to the EEOC. If you do that, you will lose your job." by RFOC General Counsel Robert Sechen.
Naffe also alledges that as retaliation, she was fired based on trumped up charges.
Yup...the GOP sure is the big tent party, eh?
Thanks to Value Judgement for the link.
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Naffe complains that she was subjected to racially insensitive and stereotypical statements by RPOF (Republican Party of Florida) Executive Director of Party Development Terry Kester. Among Naffe's specific complaints:
-- Instructing Naffe to contact African-American Republican Clubs to discourage their members from attending an NAACP march because "The last thing (the RPOF) want(s) to see is some black guy on television wearing a Republican shirt and responding to the press in an ignorant way."
-- Telling Naffe that she was being given race-matched job assignments because "you understand your people."
Naffe alledges that she went over the head of Kester to RPOF officials who did nothing to address her complaints. So Naffe went to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in March to attempt to get a solution. When Naffe informed her employers that she'd contacted the EEOC she was told, "You don't have the right to an attorney. You don't have the right to speak to the EEOC. If you do that, you will lose your job." by RFOC General Counsel Robert Sechen.
Naffe also alledges that as retaliation, she was fired based on trumped up charges.
Yup...the GOP sure is the big tent party, eh?
Thanks to Value Judgement for the link.
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