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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) referred insurer State Farm to its legal unit for possible prosecutions over an alleged case of discrimination, retaliation and racism, according to a WGLT report. org.
According to WGLT, Carla Campbell-Jackson, first vice president of the Bloomington-Normal section of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in Illinois, filed the allegations against the insurer with the EEOC in 2016.
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At the time, WGLT said Campbell-Jackson worked in the claims section of State Farm in Michigan.
After going through an investigative process, WGLT said the EEOC issued a “determination of reasonable cause for the Campbell-Jackson claims in February of this year.”
According to the WGLT, the federal agency has since “referred the matter to its legal unit for possible prosecution and advised Campbell-Jackson of its right to sue.”
“Racism can be experienced by any individual, regardless of education, political affiliation, status, class,” Campbell-Jackson said, according to WGLT. “So the racism is real, and it is systemic.”
Meanwhile, Teresa Haley, president of the NAACP Illinois State Conference, brought up the matter in a statement seen by WGLT, saying that racism, discrimination and reprisal in the workplace “are intolerable, illegal and reprehensible.” .
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