coworker playing and rapping aloud to music lyrics that included racial epithets such as the “N-word.” Although Cooke complained several times to his supervisors and made it clear that the language was offensive to him, the coworker continued to sing along to offensive lyrics within Cooke’s earshot, and to use slang including racial epithets. The EEOC, on behalf of Cooke, brought a Title VII claim against Novelle Systems for racial harassment. Decide. See U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, “Silicon Valley Manufacturer Novellus . . . Racial Harassment,” press release, June 24, 2008 [www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/6-24-08.cfm].
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