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· 4/20/1999

Gloria S. Carter v. Chrysler Corporation United Auto Workers, Local 110

Citations

  • 173 F.3d 693
  • 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 7701
  • 76 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 46,087
  • 79 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1253
  • 1999 WL 225405

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  • holding that plaintiff's knowledge of offensive graffiti, gained through hearsay, was relevant to whether hostile work environment existed and whether plaintiff reasonably perceived other conduct to be abusive or hostile
  • finding evidence that plaintiff experienced a “host of indignities” over the course of some two years
  • stating \racial epithets are often the basis for racial harassment claims . . . and may likewise create an inference that racial animus motivated other conduct as well.\
  • Plaintiff knew of graffiti \during the time in which she experienced harassment. It is thus relevant on whether a hostile work environment existed . . . .\
  • “[R]acial epithets are often the basis of racial harassment claims, and may ... create an inference that racial animus motivated other conduct as well.”
  • “[Racial epithets are often the basis of racial harassment claims, and may ... create an inference that racial animus motivated other conduct as well.”

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Judges: Bowman, Murphy, Vietor

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