A former director at Planned Parenthood is suing the reproductive rights organization alleging she faced months of racial discrimination during her time there.
Nicole Moore, a Black woman, was the director of multicultural brand engagement from January 2020 to November 2021. She claims in a lawsuit filed in federal court Wednesday in New York that despite her positive contributions to the team, she was constantly humiliated in front of colleagues, given excessive workloads and punished for bringing attention to racism within the company.
“While Planned Parenthood has publicly boasted its commitment to racial equality, the organization – whose tagline is “Care. No matter what” – has blatantly ignored reports by dozens of its Black employees of systemic unequal hiring and promotion, more work for lower pay, overt hostility, and trafficking in stereotypes by leadership,” the complaint says.
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