A former diversity director at a Wisconsin university is suing the school for allegedly demoting her because she is “white.”
Rochelle Hoffman filed a federal lawsuit last week against University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, alleging that the school essentially forced her to resign by allowing a hostile work environment due to her race.
“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 suit, which was filed on December 14 in the Western District of Wisconsin.
The trouble began last year, when the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire reorganized its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) department and created a new Office of Multicultural Student Services, according to the suit.
Hoffman was appointed interim director of the new office by the chief…
