Many of the school’s employees of color take offense to such indecorous "humor." He’d also once allegedly “joked” that he couldn’t tell two of the school’s Black deans apart. One time, he placed a bowl on his head to imitate his Jewish predecessor, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. In April, the Allen Americanreported that an Asian administrator had accused a school provost of racial discrimination and retaliation.Ĭollin College’s district President Neil Matkin has also been accused of racist behavior. O’Neil isn’t the only Collin College employee with allegations of racism. "I don’t need to be mentored by an associate dean because someone called me a bitch when my work is on federal record because of this exact thing." “I was the youngest Black woman to be appointed as city manager in this country," she said.
Too often, Black women are over-mentored, she said. Afterward, that dean offered to mentor her on a weekly basis - a proposal that angered O’Neil. O’Neil said no one came to her defense, including her associate dean, so she had to stick up for herself. We’re really dealing with something systemic,” O’Neil said, adding, “I know it’s not only happening to me. “We’re not just dealing with bad behavior. So are immigrants with thick accents or those who practice certain religions. She’s uniquely poised to understand that employees of color are treated differently at Collin College. After years of similar occurrences, she decided in March to resign.Īs a former government executive, O’Neil said her work investigating and monitoring compliance on equal opportunity laws appears on federal records. It’s just one instance out of a litany of racist and bigoted conduct she says she experienced during her time as a political science professor at Collin College. If it was meant to be a joke, O’Neil wasn’t laughing. “We can finally talk about civil rights.” “Oh, a Black person,” O’Neil recalls her saying. As she sat in the political science room, a full-time professor approached her, she said. On Kimberly O’Neil’s first day of work at Collin College in August 2014, she was at a big meeting for adjunct faculty members.
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