EEO

Shortly after, they filed a complaint with the EEO office.

Defendant Stewart and Lock also acknowledged to EEO investigators that they’d received the complaint and had told Fisseha and Gebreselassie to use a private room when speaking Amharic, although they disagree on who came up with the plan.

That act was hostile and discriminatory, the EEO investigation concluded, creating “an atmosphere of inferiority, isolation and intimidation.”

John Branham, who was accused of making the remark, later told investigators he couldn’t remember if he had used the term “hoes,” but admitted he “might have,” because he liked to “keep it light” at meetings, according to the EEO report.

Brooks immediately filed an EEO complaint.