February 8, 2024

Tamara Weitzman, an oncology social worker in Seattle, was called an “insensitive, Canadian white bitch” and a “white kike” at her workplace. 

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On both occasions she informed her superiors, but no action was taken against her abusers. 

Instead, her employer – the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA), since merged with the Fred Hutchison Cancer Center (FHCC) – required Ms. Weitzman to endure “remedial” courses in racial sensitivity and DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) at which her experiences with antisemitism were discounted and her political views denounced. 

She says the message she got at the courses was that a) though she was Jewish, she “could pass” as white, so she could not have experienced discrimination; and b) she could not understand the history of racial discrimination. 

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Course moderators disparaged her opinions.

To add insult to injury, in February 2021, she was fired despite five years of service during which she received several favorable performance reviews – one said she was a “wonderful addition to the SCCA social work team” – and a 23% raise. 

Reason: her “ethnic sensitivity” and core values did not align with those of the SCCA and her supervisor could not work with her to address these issues.

On January 16, Ms. Weitzman filed a complaint with the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington (Seattle division) seeking relief and damages from the SCCA/FHCC and her supervisors there.  She was unable to evoke the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment as her employer is not a government entity.  Unfortunately, she also missed the 180-day deadline to sue under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

However, she is seeking declaratory relief that her supervisors violated her rights and injunctive relief prohibiting supervisors at the institution from inflicting on other employees what she had to endure.  She has also sought minimum compensatory damages of $75,000, punitive damages to be determined at trial, and a reasonable amount in attorney fees and costs.

Ms. Weitzman’s ordeal highlights how the ubiquity of extreme DEI, Critical Race Theory (CRT), and LGBTQ+ ideologies has transformed workplaces into hostile environments, especially for conservatives.  Indeed, these theories have permeated all elements of American society – schools, universities, government, NGOs, the media, entertainment.  By indoctrination via exposure, younger generations are being trained to focus on the divisions of race, gender identity, sexual orientation, and political viewpoints.