Brandon, 41, attended his company’s Juneteenth event, listened to a twenty-minute presentation by DEI Coordinator Vanessa Clarke, and then — during the Q&A — began explaining Juneteenth to Vanessa Clarke. He started with “so basically what happened was.” Vanessa said: “I know. I wrote the company policy. I also wrote the presentation.”
Brandon nodded. Then said: “Right, but from a historical standpoint—” He was not given the microphone again. He sent a follow-up email with four attached PDFs. Vanessa has not opened them. She has a PhD. She does not need to.