The former nursing school chair at Bethune-Cookman University accused the historical Black university of discrimination and refusing to hire white nursing faculty, according to a new federal lawsuit .

Sameh Ghareeb recently sued the school and raised other allegations about the school’s nursing program after he lost his job last year. The Daytona Beach school did not return a message for comment this week.

Ghareeb, 45, worked up the ranks from an assistant professor in 2016 up to the chair of the nursing school by the time he was forced out last year as he was paid $100,000 annually, his lawsuit said.

His lawsuit quoted his Black boss, the Dean of the College of Nursing and Health Services , making comments to other school officials and staff like, “We’re going to hire fa

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