University of Michigan DEI administrator fired over alleged antisemitic comments plans to take legal action, attorney says | National & World [Video]

(CNN) — An administrator with the diversity, equity and inclusion office at the University of Michigan was fired Tuesday after she was accused of making antisemitic remarks – and now she plans to pursue legal action against the school, her attorney said.

Rachel Dawson, who served as director of the university’s Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives, was accused of saying “the university is controlled by wealthy Jews” during a conversation with two professors at an academic conference on diversity and equity in late March, according to documents obtained by CNN.

Dawson was also accused of saying, “We don’t work with Jews. They are wealthy and privileged and take care of themselves” and that “Jewish people have ‘no genetic DNA’ that would connect them to the land of Israel,” according to the documents.

Dawson’s lawyer Amanda Ghannam denied that she made those statements or any antisemitic comments. Before she was fired this week, …