Shirdena M. Twymon v. Wells Fargo & Company, Doing Business as Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc.

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• noting that while we review summary judgment “mak[ing] all reasonable inferences in favor of the nonmoving party,” we must do so “without resort to speculation”
• noting that racially offensive statements that are isolated and unrelated to the decision-making process are not direct evidence of discrimination
• “Contrasting the treatment of similarly situated employees outside of the protected class with the employee’s treatment is one way to point towards a race-based motivation”
• stating this prima facie case for retaliation claims under both Title VII and the ICRA
• affirming a district court cannot extrapolate racial animus from statements like “you don’t know your place”
• phrasing the second element as requiring Plaintiff to show he was “meeting the employer’s legitimate job ex pectations”

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