An HR staffer told her two black women can't discriminate against each other, she says
A Black former Citizens Bank vice president says an HR investigator told her race discrimination could not have happened because her manager was also Black.
Sharana Worsley filed suit against Citizens Bank, N.A. on May 11, 2026 in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Her claims fall under Title VII, Section 1981, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, and the Philadelphia Fair Practices Ordinance.
Worsley joined the bank in March 2020 as Vice President, Community Development Market Manager and Community Reinvestment Act Officer. The complaint describes a strong track record: a 2022 Citizens Credo Champion award, a 2023 WIN Women of Excellence recognition, and Chairman's Award nominations in 2022 and 2023. Her 2022 mid-year review noted she "has embraced her role as a Community Development Market Manager and continues to grow and thrive in the role," according to the filing.
The complaint says things changed in July 2022 when Worsley started reporting to a new manager, Ndeda Letson. Worsley alleges Letson, who is also Black, treated the two non-white reports on a four-person team worse than the two white reports. Worsley says she flagged it to her previous supervisor in August 2022 and was told the supervisor was "trying to give the situation 'some time.'" Soon after, a promised spot in an EZRA development program was pulled and given to the new manager instead,...
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