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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
David Roeder

Atlanta company ‘tried to shame me’ for reporting VP’s use of racial slur on Zoom, Chicago worker says

A South Side resident has accused her Atlanta-based employer of discrimination, charging that a company vice president repeatedly used a racial slur during a videoed training session.

Adrienne Harmon-Beckwith said she was the only Black person among about a dozen employees of Zep on the Zoom call last November. She said that during the call, a vice president leading the session repeatedly referred to Blacks using a racial slur.

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