Larry D. Drake and Rosalie E. Drake v. Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company

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• holding that Rule 56 “requires af- fidavits that cite specific concrete facts establishing the existence of the truth of the matter asserted”
• holding that a white employee may sue under Title VII for discrimination against him resulting from his friendship with black co- workers
• stating that providing spiritual guidance and friendship does not constitute engaging in a protected activity
• noting that an affiant’s bald assertion of the general truth of a particular matter does not create a factual dispute
• accepting that employee may be able to bring an associational race discrimination claim, but only insofar as discrimination is because of the plaintiff’s race
• finding no categorical bar to the application of the associational theory of race discrimination to interracial friendships

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