Parkland investigating sock monkey gift after questions from employees
A hospital vice president distributed mugs with candy to eight employees. Some with a sock monkey picture were given to Black employees.
Commissioner John Wiley Price at a meeting March 19, 2020 in Dallas. (Ashley Landis/The Dallas Morning News)(Ashley Landis / Staff Photographer)
Officials at Parkland Health & Hospital System are investigating an employee gift featuring a sock monkey cartoon after receiving complaints that it was offensive.
A photograph of a mug given as a gift to Black employees at Parkland Hospital. Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price criticized the gift.(John Wiley Price/submitted)