Founders director resigns saying she was ignored

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Founders Brewing Co. is facing another wave of backlash after its diversity and inclusion director resigned from the company Friday, claiming her input was ignored.  

The outgoing director, Graci Harkema, posted her scathing resignation letter to social media.The letter, directed at the company’s leadership team, criticized the way in which they’ve handled the fallout of the ongoing racial discrimination lawsuit against them.

“You are most concerned with the ego of ‘winning’ than you are about the loss of customers, loss of reputation, and loss of employees’ wellbeing,” Harkema wrote in her resignation later.

Harkema was hired as the diversity and inclusion director in January, shortly after former manager Tracy Evansfiled a lawsuit alleging racial discrimination. 

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