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Former TCU employee alleges racial discrimination leading up to termination in lawsuit
James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-TelegramA former TCU employee is accusing the university of "institutional racism" after she was laid off and told it was because of budget cuts, a new lawsuit against the university alleges.
Linda Lopez, a former employee in regional development in the college's university advancement department, is accusing TCU of terminating her employment because she is Hispanic, according to the lawsuit. Her lawyer says in the suit, filed Tuesday in the Northern Texas U.S. District Court in Fort Worth, that TCU is "permeated with an ethic of white elitism that has long discouraged the equal participation of Blacks, Hispanics, Asians and other racial minorities in university life at all levels including academically and in employment."
A spokesperson for TCU said the university was preparing a statement but was not immediately ready to comment.
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