WILKES-BARRE, Pa.
The local chapter of the NAACP is accusing Wilkes University of retaliating against its former multicultural coordinator, who it says was fired because she refused to apologize to police after a traffic stop, as instructed by her supervisors, and instead filed a civil rights lawsuit.
NAACP chapter president Ron Felton said at a recent press conference that he met with Wilkes officials to ascertain whether Andita Parker-Lloyd was a victim of discrimination when she was fired.
“We do not feel that Ms. Parker-Lloyd was dismissed because of racial discrimination, but we do feel that it was closely related to incidents that occurred back in February,” Felton said.
Parker-Lloyd was fired within days of a weekend diversity training retreat that prompted students to complain about the facilitator, Ron Feldhun. According to the complaints, Feldhun encouraged the 12 students to call each other racial slurs to lessen the impact of the pejorative terms. Feldhun was hired by Parker-Lloyd’s predecessor.
