One Metro Police Department director allegedly isn’t a fan of the maple leaf.

Laurie Samuel, a Canadian native who moved to the U.S. about 20 years ago, sued MPD this month because she said her supervisor, Diane Haines Walton, the director of the Human Resource Management Division at MPD, discriminated against her for her nationality, Washington City Paper reported Monday. Samuel claims in her filing that Haines had said Samuel “talked white,” which is not common for an “African American.”

Samuel began working as a project specialist in the human resources department in January 2006, according to court documents. Samuel started to take on more responsibility in the department two years later, and she noticed that Haines had “harbored resentment which manifested in snide remarks about [Samuel’s] heritage and her work.”

Haines allegedly made a comment in May 2009 about how Samuel “talked white” despite her being black, and Haines also reportedly often started sentences by saying, “Here in America, we” to Samuel.

Samuel also said in the filing that she she wanted to apply for a better position in the department and was qualified for the job, but Haines was “very negative” in a discussion about the new position, which made Samuel decide not to apply. Samuel added that in November 2010, when she was trying to apply for permanent residency in the U.S., Haines tried to push Samuel out of her position to hire an American in her place.

The filing includes several other accounts of Haines’ discriminatory behavior because of Samuel’s Canadian roots, like trying to convince hiring managers to reject her applications to move up the job ladder at MPD.

In October 2013, Samuel was fired after complaining to senior officials about mistreatment from Haines. She is suing MPD for “loss of income, emotional distress, and pecuniary damages,” according to the filing. The filing does not list the amount for which Samuel is suing.