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A single incident, like a supervisor calling a black employee the “n” word, may be enough to create a hostile work environment. But what if the victim doesn’t witness it?
For example, in a recent federal court decision, the plaintiff, a black man, testified in his deposition that his supervisor had referred to the plaintiff as a “stupid [expletive] [n-word]” to one of the plaintiff’s coworkers. Later, that coworker told the plaintiff about it. Is that single incident outside of the plaintiff’s presence severe enough to create a hostile work environment for him?
The “n”-word is bad. Very bad. The