Opinion ID: 770251
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Patricia Wright.

Text: 23 Next to testify was Patricia Wright, an African- American and a former receptionist who was stationed outside of the CSD, and from that spot could not observe how Beck treated Hester or what went on in the CSD. Wright's testimony, given over BIC's objections, was that she had been temporarily suspended by McKettrick and that in her opinion this suspension was attributable to her race. Wright went on to testify that she had been the target of racist telephone calls while working BIC's switchboard, although she could not identify the source, did not know whether they originated from within BIC, and recalled that BIC changed its 1-800 number in response to her complaints. Wright further testified to the details of her own race discrimination claim against BIC, a claim which the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights dismissed on grounds that Wright failed to present any additional evidence to show that [BIC's] reasons [for suspending her] were false and/or pretextual. Finally, Wright described the environment at BIC as cold and uncomfortable and testified that the coldness she felt was attributable to her race. 24