Penticton's Ooknakane Friendship Centre facing mounting lawsuits from former employees feeling pushed out due to being Caucasian

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https://www.castanet.net/news/Penticton/426034/Penticton-s-Ooknakane-Friendship-Centre-facing-mounting-lawsuits-from-former-employees-feeling-pushed-out-due-to-being-Caucasian

Her suit follows multiple others in recent months. Former employees have begun stacking up legal claims against the Friendship Centre, alleging they were pushed out for not being Indigenous.

Lyons' lawsuit was filed May 5 in Penticton. The suit claims Shauna Fox, the centre's executive director hired in November 2022, started weeding out non-Indigenous employees. Lyons, although of Indigenous origin, "felt similarly targeted by Ms. Fox, based on her Caucasian appearance, at this time and lumped her together with the others," reads the suit.

Previous pending lawsuits have alleged similar discrimination based on Caucasian heritage.

This is kind of interesting. IF they win - then it's going to create problems nationally for programs that are designed to exclude white people entirely.

The current one is the most interesting because she's suing for LOOKING white - but is actually a native.

We'll see what happens but if the courts determine you can't be fired for being white, they'll have a tough time defending the idea you can't be hired because you're white.