The former director of the University of Michigan’s academic multicultural initiatives office claims she was wrongly fired after being falsely accused of making antisemitic comments.
Rachel Dawson, a Black woman, alleges the university “deviated from its typical disciplinary procedures” and terminated her employment while ignoring her complaint about bias in the process, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
The university didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
The suit comes as several other prominent universities have been hit with allegations of ignoring reports of antisemitism on campus.
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