Demanding respect
Jermisha Frazier Dallas woman wants compensation after confrontation with racist hotel employee TAMMYE NASH | Managing Editornash@dallasvoice.com EDITOR’S NOTE: This written statement came to Dallas Voice via email at 4:52 p.m.
Thursday, May 26, after the print version of this article had already gone to press: “On behalf of the Fairfield Inn & Suites Dallas Park Central…..We have spoken directly with the guest to apologize for this experience.
We take this matter seriously, and have taken appropriate steps to address it internally. Our hotel is committed to providing an environment where everyone feels welcome.” Jermisha Frazier, who describes herself as a “5’10” Black, queer woman with a ’fro,” is asking that Marriott Hotels pay her $50,000 to cover the cost of culturally-competent therapy to deal with the aftermath of a racist encounter earlier this year with an employee at the Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Dallas Park Central.
Frazier, who lives in Dallas and is the coordinator for the Women’s and LGBT Center at SMU University, said that she had reserved a room at the hotel for March 29 as a “bit of a staycation.
