A teacher has alleged he was subjected to racial discrimination while employed as a maths teacher at a high school in Victoria.
Manu Chopra has accused his former colleagues at McKinnon Secondary College of racial discrimination.
He alleges a staff member referred to him as a "brown-skinned man" at a staff party and said "we don't need more brown skins in our staffroom" and "our staffroom does not need to look like Angelina Jolie's family".
Mr Chopra claims he was denigrated and humiliated at a staff party in October 2013 when a female colleague intervened while he was talking with another female colleague to "save" her.
He claims the colleague invited the woman to dance and as they walked away another colleague called out "good job" and the woman gave her a thumbs up sign.
Mr Chopra's allegations are being examined by Victoria's Civil and Administrative Tribunal which has ordered a compulsory conference on October 10.
In a preliminary ruling, VCAT senior member Bernadette Steele has found some of Mr Chopra's allegations, if proved, could amount to breaches of the Equal Opportunity Act.
But she also found most of his allegations would not amount to discriminatory behaviour if they are proven to be correct.
These include claims he was called "unprofessional" in front of students, that he was bullied in union meetings and that a teacher screamed at him.
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