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Hostile work environment claims

The topic is about the disagreement among federal appellate courts regarding whether a single utterance of the N-word can be enough to send a hostile-work-environment Title VII claim to a jury.

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Feb 5, 2026

How have federal circuit courts differed on whether a single utterance of the N‑word creates a hostile work environment under Title VII?

Federal appellate courts are split: several circuits have held that a single, egregious utterance of the N‑word can be enough to send a Title VII claim to a jury, while others treat a lone slur as a n...

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Hostile work environment claims

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How have federal circuit courts differed on whether a single utterance of the N‑word creates a hostile work environment under Title VII?