Employee fired after LA Sparks’ Dearica Hamby exposed racist text on social media

An Acclaro Medical employee was fired just more than a week after sending Los Angeles Sparks forward Dearica Hamby a racist text.

Fans quickly identified the employee after Hamby posted a screenshot of the text, with the sender's phone number, on social media on Aug. 24.

Acclaro Medical confirmed to USA TODAY Sports on Tuesday, Sept. 1, that the employee is no longer with the company.

The employee had originally been "suspended while an investigation is being conducted," Acclaro Medical told USA TODAY on Aug. 25. In a statement shared on social media, the company said "it condemns racism, harassment, hate speech and discriminating behavior in all forms" and the online remarks "do not in any way reflect the values and standards of the Company."

The reason for the suspension and eventual termination of the Acclaro Medical employee began the morning of Aug. 24 when Hamby shared a screenshot of a text message she said she received from an unknown number. In the message, the person directed a racial slur at the Sparks forward and called her an animal. Hamby included the person's number in the screenshot and asked her nearly 50,000 X followers: "Anyone know this number?"

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Original source: https://www.usatoday.com/sports/