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Planned Parenthood of Illinois has been ordered to pay $500,000 following an investigation by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which found the organization “engaged in unlawful discrimination and harassment against White employees.”
“Planned Parenthood of Illinois (Planned Parenthood) violated federal law when they discriminated against employees by race, harassed White employees, and treated White employees differently in terms, conditions and employment rights, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) found as part of a class action lawsuit brought by multiple employees. announcement.
The EEOC said it found that Planned Parenthood of Illinois was responsible for racially segregated “associations,” in which employees of other races were denied participation, and that a Planned Parenthood manager made racially offensive statements.
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Planned Parenthood also required that “all employees attend training sessions related to DEI involving abusive and derogatory statements directed at White employees, including that 'they are White and do not feel the same discrimination as non-White patients,' and that 'white supremacy is used at all levels of oppression (individual, interpersonal, organizational, organizational, and social).'”
Workers were also told that they had to attend a one- to two-hour session of racially related groups or DEI training, and White workers were denied the time off that Black workers were given.
The EEOC said the allegations violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin.
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“Segregating employees based on race violates a fundamental promise of our nation's civil rights laws,” said Andrea Lucas, chair of the EEOC in a statement. “Title VII guarantees equal treatment for all workers and prohibits racial discrimination in American workplaces. Those protections apply equally to White workers.”
Lucas added that, “There is no exception to DEI's requirements under Title VII. Employers who intentionally discriminate against or harass employees because of their race, including White employees, are violating federal law. The Commission will continue to enforce these protections to ensure equal opportunity for all.”
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A volunteer clinic escort is pictured outside a Planned Parenthood facility in Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 12, 2021. (REUTERS/Gaelen Morse)
The EEOC also said it was “gratifying” that Planned Parenthood of Illinois fired a manager whose conduct was exposed by the investigation.
In response to a request for comment, the EEOC referred Fox News Digital to its original statement. Fox News Digital has reached out to Planned Parenthood of Illinois for comment.
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