Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Strange's Administratrix

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that comments that plaintiff was a drug dealer and thief were not related to his race without context showing that they were intended as racial insults
• recognizing that statements and conduct not expressly related to a protected characteristic “may sometimes constitute … harassment” but explaining that “there must be a surrounding context in which it is clear that a comment is ‘intended as a[n] … insult’”
• limiting analysis of a hostile work environment claim to harassment that was based on a protected characteristic
• “Although words not directly related to race may sometimes constitute racial harassment, there must be a surrounding context in which it is clear that a comment is ‘intended as a racial insult.’”
• “[A]lthough words not directly related to race may sometimes constitute racial harassment, there must be a surrounding context in which it is clear that a comment is ‘intended as a racial insult.’” (emphasis added)
• Reduced hours and pay can be an adverse employment action.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).