Carol Aman Jeanette Johnson v. Cort Furniture Rental Corporation

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• concluding that, in light of racially abusive remarks, a reasonable jury could infer that facially neutral acts like stealing time cards were “part of a complex tapestry of discrimination”
• recognizing that New Jersey “adopted the [United States] Supreme Court’s analysis of unlawful discrimination claims brought under Title VII”
• holding that a reasonable jury could determine that words such as “another one,” “one of them,” “that one in there,” and “all of you” were spoken with the intent to discriminate
• concluding that, in light of racially abusive remarks, a reasonable jury could infer that facially neutral acts like stealing time cards were “part of a complex tapestry of discrimination”
• reasoning that the use of “code words,” when combined with other evidence, could support an inference of racial animus
• observing that “there are no talismanic expressions which must be invoked as a condition-precedent to the application of laws designed to protect against [racial] discrimination” and harassment

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