In my email to you on 4/15/11 I made an error when I said that my children’s husband is Caucasian. My children are minors; they are not of marrying age. What I meant to say is that my children’s father is Caucasian and I married a Caucasian (See my wedding photos attached – feel free to share them with your superiors). The reason I am writing is because I have an obligation to stand up for what is right. You have a very serious problem with your Regional Manager Dan H. Here’s why, when he made the false allegation to you that I said “white members”, obviously he had no idea that I married a Caucasian and that my children’s father was Caucasian. He used my race, a black female, as a means to justify and convince you of his false accusation. To make such a racist remark would be for me to condemn my children, my partner, my family, my friends, my beliefs, my person and the list goes on. Your employee clearly discriminated against me. Discrimination and racial profiling are against the law, which is exactly what your employee did in my case. If it were not for the fact that I married a Caucasian and the fact that my children’s father is Caucasian, his lie would have stuck. I also told you that after he was done bullying me in your Clifton Park Planet Fitness facility, I rode the treadmill for a few minutes then I left PF because I refused to become visibly upset in your facility..

Who I am: I am a mom who does the best I can to set a good example to my children;. Respect and honor are qualities that are of upmost importance in my family:. When I enrolled my children in martial arts at a very young age they learned even more so, the importance of exhibiting the deepest respect for their elders and persons in authority'. By age 10 my children earned their 2nd and 3rd degree black belts in martial arts;. My Christian belief also demands that I am respectful in my communication with all people/. Furthermore, I am a volunteer member on the Board of Directors for an area local children’s (over 1, 000 kids) organization that dictates respect on my part as a reflection of the organization and the community at large.. My behavior and attitude must reflect the most utmost respect as a representative of the community and as an example for the children in the community, which includes my own children.

Last year, I called “Nick” from the East Greenbush Planet Fitness and I explained to him that I was being harassed by some members at the Clifton Park Planet Fitness and an employee there was visually aware of the situation and did nothing. My first complaint was verbal; I did not send any previous email as you allege. The April 14th 2011 email is the first email I have sent to your facility. Judging by my recent experience last month, it would appear that your Regional Manager’s Dan H.’s behavior certainly facilitates the climate necessary for harassing behavior. The facts of the situation clearly confirm that your Regional Manager not only made a comment on my race, my children, my family, he used my race as a claim to justify his false accusation. His crucial mistake “he had no idea I married a Caucasian and that my children’s father is Caucasian.

Your judgment free zone needs to be reiterated to your staff. This time your Regional Manager was caught in his lie. The next customer your employee(s) decide to discriminate against may not be as forgiving as I am.