TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jun 24, 2024

Christopher Crider, vice chair of the Tennessee Human Rights Commission resigned earlier this month after repeatedly making insensitive remarks in meetings, seemingly disparaging different ethnic groups, the LGBTQ+ community and others, the Nashville Banner reports. Crider was an appointed member of the commission and was named vice chair in December. During a human resources investigation this spring, he admitted to making comments about different groups during meetings, but denied they were meant to discriminate. The investigation results were forwarded to the governor’s office, but Crider resigned a week later. As mayor of Milan, Crider settled a suit from a former employee who said he used a racially derogative term to describe a diverse neighborhood.