racial discrimination florida

Our bod president allowed a Chinese director to be verbally assaulted at our bod meeting Monday. This was done by a half dozen members. They said they could not understand her. The president and vice president did nothing to to stop it. The next day the president went to a bod and said they were going to remove her because she is hard to understand. She was elected three years ago and this has not been an issue until this election. Is this addressed in Fl 720 ? thank you for any help

I was three long tables away and not near. I would been there had they approached her.

James,

If the individual was elected, then typically only the membership may remove.

Based on what little you provided, I would not consider this an issue of discrimination.
However, depending on what the comments were (which you have said you were too far away to hear) that opinion may change. The verbal exchange may have been trying to understand and the lack of cultural similarities and language skills to better communicate.

I work with an individual from Vietnam. When he first came to the US he was employed at Gallaudet University where he was required to learn sign language and did not have the opportunity to use the spoken English language often. Combined with his accent, he is often hard to understand. However, over time and a willingness for he and I to communicate I understand him more today then when we first met. Unfortunately, others in the building don't want to take the time to understand and often dismiss him and look for others to resolve their issue.

In my opinion, this is not discrimination (racial or otherwise). This is simply the unwillingness of others to take the time that is needed. They, like many who go through life, feel there time is more important then yours. It can certainly make them jerks, but not racists (yes all racists are jerks but not all jerks are racists).

Discrimination or not, no one at board meetings should be verbally insulted. Those who engaged in the assault should have been asked to stop & if they didn't asked to leave the meeting room and if they didn't the board should have moved their meeting to a diretor's home.

Discrimination or not, no one at board meetings should be verbally insulted. Those who engaged in the assault should have been asked to stop & if they didn't asked to leave the meeting room and if they didn't the board should have moved their meeting to a diretor's home.

Sorry about my re-runs. Got distracted.

As Tim & Larry point out, the prez and board have no authority to remove an HOA member of an elected director from that position. If she is an officer, the board can remove her from that position.

To see how directors may be removed, read you bylaws, it should be in there.

Not clear to me--are you on the board, James?

James B15 Fla : Is it possible that years later they only first understand her now ? And that now she is being understood, she is Satan ?