Houston Community College hit with $100M discrimination lawsuit

A lawsuit filed by a former Houston Community College employee alleges that college officials engaged in “deliberate race and sex discrimination” against Black employees.

The lawsuit was brought by Zelia Brown, a 55-year-old Black woman who served as manager of the grants performance and compliance department at HCC, according to court documents. Brown alleges that she was forced to take a paid leave of absence after raising concerns to HCC officials that certain restricted grant funds were missing…