{"id":286943,"date":"2023-03-12T15:42:46","date_gmt":"2023-03-12T20:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=286943"},"modified":"2023-03-10T19:01:54","modified_gmt":"2023-03-11T01:01:54","slug":"planned-parenthood-affiliate-coo-racism-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-affiliate-coo-racism-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Planned Parenthood affiliate COO files racism lawsuit against the corporation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p class=\"primary-font__PrimaryFontStyles-o56yd5-0 gVBMpi headline\">Another racism lawsuit has been levied against Planned Parenthood, this time by Samuel Ricardo Mitchell Jr., a Black ordained Pastor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/planned-parenthood-of-greater-new-york-announces-expansion-of-its-executive-leadership-team-301534178.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">described<\/a> by Planned Parenthood of Greater New York (PPGNY) as the affiliate&#8217;s Chief Operating Officer. Mitchell claimed comments made by PPGNY leadership were \u201cstained with racist overtones\u201d and alleges he was\u00a0passed over for promotion in favor of a white staffer and discriminated against for his religion.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/unicourt.com\/case\/urc-FRDRWH2EIQZUIFIZHZLGNB3KMJHQ40922\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">complaint<\/a>,\u00a0filed this week in a New York District Court and obtained by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/new-york\/ny-planned-parenthood-discrimination-lawsuit-20230307-kxqi6ni545epjdefljlvfhyhlq-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NY Daily News<\/a>, alleges that\u00a0Mitchell claimed he was\u00a0held to a different standard than other employees at Planned Parenthood and was\u00a0passed over in favor of a white woman, the paper wrote.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Planned Parenthood spokesperson Jacquelyn Marrero, has denied the allegations.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_287012\" style=\"width: 677px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-287012\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-287012\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Black-Executive-Samuel-R-Mitchell-Jr-alleges-racism-at-Planned-Parenthoood.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Black Executive Samuel R Mitchell Jr alleges racism at Planned Parenthood\" width=\"667\" height=\"741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Black-Executive-Samuel-R-Mitchell-Jr-alleges-racism-at-Planned-Parenthoood.jpg 667w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Black-Executive-Samuel-R-Mitchell-Jr-alleges-racism-at-Planned-Parenthoood-270x300.jpg 270w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Black-Executive-Samuel-R-Mitchell-Jr-alleges-racism-at-Planned-Parenthoood-630x700.jpg 630w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Black-Executive-Samuel-R-Mitchell-Jr-alleges-racism-at-Planned-Parenthoood-500x555.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-287012\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black Executive Samuel R Mitchell Jr alleges racism at Planned Parenthood<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mitchell was hired by Planned Parenthood following the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/06\/23\/nyregion\/ny-planned-parenthood-laura-mcquade.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ousting<\/a> of PPGNY&#8217;s then-CEO\u00a0Laura McQuade in <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-systemic-racism-white-supremacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2020<\/a>, after\u00a0hundreds of past and current PPGNY employees published an open\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/saveppgny.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a>\u00a0which\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/06\/23\/nyregion\/ny-planned-parenthood-laura-mcquade.html?smid=tw-nytimes&amp;smtyp=cur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">alleged<\/a>\u00a0the abortion organization was \u201cfounded by a racist white woman\u201d and had a \u201cpresent steeped in white supremacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Planned Parenthood\u2019s present-day \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CaroleNovielli\/status\/1311294130622996481\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">systemic racism<\/a>\u201d was later acknowledged by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-racist-affiliates-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">multiple affiliates<\/a>. Nineteen separate Planned Parenthood affiliates with operations in 33 states\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/all.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/STOPP_PP_Racism_Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">issued statements<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/former-planned-parenthood-employees-accuse-racism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">admitting<\/a>\u00a0to racism. An internal audit also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/internal-audit-racism-planned-parenthood-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">confirmed<\/a>\u00a0that Planned Parenthood Federation of America has a racism problem.<\/p>\n<p>According to the NY Daily News, &#8220;The Black woman who replaced McQuade on an interim basis, Joy Callaway, brought in Mitchell, part of her effort to change the organization\u2019s culture. But she was soon replaced, and Mitchell was passed over.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/walgreens-cvs-petition\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-283198\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Keep-Abortion-Pill-Out-Of-Walgreens-CVSLAN-Horizontal--700x180.jpg\" alt=\"Walgreens CVS banner\" width=\"700\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Keep-Abortion-Pill-Out-Of-Walgreens-CVSLAN-Horizontal--700x180.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Keep-Abortion-Pill-Out-Of-Walgreens-CVSLAN-Horizontal--300x77.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Keep-Abortion-Pill-Out-Of-Walgreens-CVSLAN-Horizontal--768x197.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Keep-Abortion-Pill-Out-Of-Walgreens-CVSLAN-Horizontal--500x128.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As a result, the complaint states, Mitchell was denied payment of a $13,000 bonus. &#8220;[I]n or around August 2022, shortly following Plaintiff\u2019s complaint, and despite Plaintiff being the second in command as PPGNY COO, PPGNY announced that Plaintiff\u2019s white, Caucasian female peer, Rosalba Messina&#8230; would assume the duties of acting PPGNY interim CEO. Plaintiff, as COO, was the second in command and under long standing policy and custom he should have been elevated to the position of interim CEO,&#8221; the complaint read.<\/p>\n<p>The court document also alleged that Gillian Dean, PPGNY&#8217;s Medical Director, as well as Andrea Dean, a PPGNY Board Treasurer, referred to Mitchell with &#8220;cruelly racist stereotypes&#8221; which included &#8220;&#8216;ANGRY,&#8217; &#8216;OFFENSIVE,&#8217; &#8216;OUT OF CONTROL,&#8217; &#8216;HARSH,&#8217; and &#8216;AGGRESSIVE.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This lawsuit is meant to shine a light on the discriminatory and retaliatory employment practices that permeate the organization and bring justice to Mr. Mitchell for the unrelenting discriminatory practices he has and continues to endure,&#8221; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/23697957-samuel-r-mitchell-v-planned-parenthood-of-greater-new-york-inc-et-al\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lawsuit<\/a> states.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Discrimination on basis of race, religion, disability<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mitchell claimed in his complaint that he was targeted for retaliation, writing that Planned Parenthood&#8217;s &#8220;practice of discrimination and hostile work environment based upon his age, race, color, disability, religion, and gender and in retaliation for complaining about PPGNY\u2019s discriminatory actions and other wrongdoing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>These included a &#8220;disproportionate number of background checks&#8221; as well as religious attacks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Plaintiff was subjected to religious discrimination in the form of comments made by several PPGNY board members insinuating that Christians and pastors, like Plaintiff, were not welcome to work for PPGNY,&#8221; the lawsuit states.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These comments had the purpose and effect of negatively altering Plaintiff\u2019s work environment. Plaintiff was shunned by board members who made these comments. Non-African American, nondisabled, non-Christian ministers were not treated in a similar fashion,&#8221; the complaint stated.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Additionally,&#8221; Mitchell&#8217;s lawsuit reads, &#8220;members of the PPGNY board conspired to force former PPGNY CEO to interrogate Plaintiff\u2019s pastor pursuant to obtaining a statement on Plaintiff\u2019s church\u2019s stance on abortion, in the hopes that they could paint Plaintiff and\/or Plaintiff\u2019s church as &#8216;pro-life&#8217; in a particularly invasive attempt to terminate Plaintiff\u2019s employment. Non-African American, non-Christian, non-disabled employees were not subjected to similar harassment,&#8221; he alleged.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Margaret Sanger promoted<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mitchell and his attorneys allegedly claimed that Planned Parenthood&#8217;s racist &#8220;white supremacist&#8221; founder, Margaret Sanger for which the PPGNY affiliate was <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-reckoning-racist-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">named<\/a>, continues to be promoted by the corporation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlanned Parenthood was started by Margaret Sanger who was an unabashed racist, someone who believed in eugenics and someone who was a sympathizer for the Ku Klux Klan,\u201d Mitchell\u2019s lawyer, Derek Sells allegedly stated in a press conference about the filing. He was referring to a speech the Planned Parenthood founder gave to the Women&#8217;s Branch of the Klu Klux Klan, something Sanger <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-founder-spoke-to-kkk-but-photo-is-fake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">boasted<\/a> about in her autobiography.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_126771\" style=\"width: 732px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-126771\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-126771\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sanger-Autobiography-Klan-Speech-1.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Margaret Sanger writes about Klan meeting\" width=\"722\" height=\"529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sanger-Autobiography-Klan-Speech-1.jpg 722w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sanger-Autobiography-Klan-Speech-1-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sanger-Autobiography-Klan-Speech-1-700x513.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sanger-Autobiography-Klan-Speech-1-500x366.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-126771\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Margaret Sanger&#8217;s writes about meeting the Klan in autobiography<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cShe was the one that founded Planned Parenthood and she is still featured by that organization as one of its leaders in this day and age where we have cancel culture where people like Harvey Weinstein can be canceled where confederate generals who were immortalized with statues are taken down,\u201d Sells added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As late as April 2021, Planned Parenthood\u2019s leadership acknowledged that Sanger was coddled by the organization and protected despite her discriminatory animus,&#8221; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/23697957-samuel-r-mitchell-v-planned-parenthood-of-greater-new-york-inc-et-al\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lawsuit<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/s3.documentcloud.org\/documents\/23697957\/samuel-r-mitchell-v-planned-parenthood-of-greater-new-york-inc-et-al.pdf\">stated<\/a>.\u00a0&#8220;While this statement was meant to reflect a new beginning for the Planned Parenthood organization as it relates to addressing issues of racial, gender, and disability equality within its own walls, the reality is that Planned Parenthood continues to be run by people who are openly hostile to racial minorities, the disabled, older workers and those who complain about discriminatory practices.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past accusations of Planned Parenthood racism<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mitchell&#8217;s case follows\u00a0a discrimination\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fingfx.thomsonreuters.com\/gfx\/legaldocs\/gdpzyzzzlvw\/EMPLOYMENT_PLANNEDPARENTHOOD_LAWSUIT_complaint.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lawsuit<\/a>\u00a0filed by former Planned Parenthood employee Nicole Moore, whose\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-employee-lawsuit-racism-accountability\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">complaint<\/a>\u00a0laid out a damning case alleging Planned Parenthood \u201ctokenized\u201d staff of color and often retaliated against them when they spoke up. The 51-page lawsuit is replete with allegations of tokenism, mistreatment, and retaliation; it also alleges that Planned Parenthood \u201chas not taken a single step to remedy the race discrimination which continues to harm its staff of color.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reprojobs.org\/blog\/nicole-moore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> she conducted with ReproJobs,\u00a0Moore referred to Planned Parenthood as a &#8220;behemoth&#8221; and claimed that she was &#8220;being punished for speaking out about racism in the workplace.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m totally blown away by the media\u2019s interest in my lawsuit. I think the media is interested because racism at Planned Parenthood has been an open secret for a long time and finally there\u2019s a face they can tie to this story of discrimination,&#8221; Moore said.<\/p>\n<p>Planned Parenthood&#8217;s racism is indeed known; Live Action News has <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-record-federal-defunding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">documented<\/a> multiple accusations against the tax-funded Planned Parenthood organization\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-record-federal-defunding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;White dominant culture at Planned Parenthood&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Mitchell has suffered humiliating comments. He has been denigrated,\u201d Mitchell&#8217;s\u00a0lawyer, Derek Sells told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/new-york\/ny-planned-parenthood-discrimination-lawsuit-20230307-kxqi6ni545epjdefljlvfhyhlq-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NY Daily News<\/a>.\u00a0\u201cHe has been ostracized and minimized by the white dominant culture at Planned Parenthood. This lawsuit is meant to correct that, and make this organization true to what it should be, which is equality for all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m here to be a voice for the Black and brown people, specifically, men of color that this organization continues to discriminate against,\u201d Mitchell said, according to the Daily News. &#8220;The organization continues to uphold its white systemic racism from the board level to the floor and it must stop.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/give.liveaction.org\/general-donation\/?utm_source=lan&amp;utm_medium=display&amp;utm_campaign=monthly&amp;utm_content=article\"><i><strong>Did you know that as little as $10 a month is enough to reach more than 3,000 people with the truth about abortion that no one else is telling them? Click here to start saving lives 365 days a year.<\/strong><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another racism lawsuit has been levied against Planned Parenthood, this time by Samuel Ricardo Mitchell Jr., a Black ordained Pastor, described by Planned Parenthood of Greater New York (PPGNY) as the affiliate&#8217;s Chief Operating Officer. Mitchell claimed comments made by PPGNY leadership were \u201cstained with racist overtones\u201d and alleges he was\u00a0passed over for promotion in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":275951,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Planned Parenthood affiliate COO files racism lawsuit against the corporation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mitchell says comments made by PPGNY leadership were \u201cstained with racist overtones,\u201d and says he was\u00a0passed over for promotion in favor of a white staffer.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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