A former DEI staffer at the University of Wisconsin –Eau Claire will receive a $265,000 settlement after she sued the school, alleging discrimination for being white .

Rochelle Hoffman, a former employee at UW-Eau Claire, brought the case in 2023 after she was promoted to interim director of the campus’s Multicultural Student Services office.

The school’s former vice chancellor for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and Student Affairs, Olga Diaz, was allegedly told by students that a white woman was not fit to preside over a position intended to serve students of color.

“You hired a white woman as the interim director?” one student allegedly said, according to a federal complaint against the university.

According to the complaint, a different student asked, “Do you personally feel wh

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