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he court called it “repugnant and racially hostile.” It still wasn’t enough. A recent appellate decision affirming summary judgment for the employer on a hostile work environment claim is a useful reminder of how high the severe-or-pervasive bar a
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ally is. TL;DR: A Black employee alleged a racially hostile work environment under Title VII and Section 1981, pointing to three racial incidents over approximately two years: a blackface doll hung by