Bryant v. Brownlee

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• concluding that no hostile work environment was created even though a coworker referred to the plaintiff as “nigger”
• recognizing that courts require the alleged conduct supporting a retaliatory hostile work environment claim to be severe or pervasive and that some courts “expressly invoke the standards for a hostile work environment claims”
• holding that neutral comments cannot form basis of discrimination claim
• determining that no hostile work environment existed even though a coworker referred to the plaintiff as “nigger” and had stated that white men were first and black women were “at the bottom”
• nitpicking criticism not an adverse employment action because there was not tangible change in employment conditions
• granting motion to dismiss hostile work environment complaint where alleged events lacked “racial or age-related overtones”

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