HOUSTON — An African American male chaplain resident at Memorial Hermann Health claims he faced discriminatory comments about his walk, speech and mannerisms.
Kevin Williams filed a complaint Sept. 13 in Harris County District Court against Memorial Hermann Health System alleging race, national origin and sex discrimination and wrongful termination.
Williams, an African American male, worked for Memorial Hermann Health from Aug. 26, 2019, through July 14, 2020, according to his complaint. He alleges that he was the only African American male employee Chaplain Resident and that the program's supervisor made derogatory comments about his upright posture, speech as an African American and told him he was intimidating because of his race and national origin.
Williams further alleges that after complaining about the discrimination, he faced retaliation including falsely being accused of plagiarism and accused of tampering with his transcripts. He claims as a result of his supervisors retaliatory and false comments, he has not been able to find a job or pastor a church with the American Baptist Churches, USA. Williams alleges the defendants' conduct was in violation of the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act
Williams seeks monetary relief of more than $1 million, interest, trial by jury and all other just relief. He is represented by Jamie Gilmore and Brittney Thompson of Bailey Galyen in Dallas.
Harris County District Court case number 2021-58653