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Black lecturer in his 70s says a fellow professor in his department regularly made racially charged remarks—not necessarily directed at him, but about Black colleagues more broadly. A federal judge says that could be enough to support a hostile work environment claim under Title V
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R: A federal court recently denied summary judgment on a plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claims under Title VII and California’s FEHA. The plaintiff alleged that a senior faculty member regularly made racially charged comments and treated Black colleagues differently. While other claims were dismissed, the court found enough evidence of racial harassment to