Bernadine Stewart v. Rise, Inc.

MELLOY, Circuit Judge.

Bernadine Stewart sued her employer, Rise, Inc., alleging a. hostile work environment and discriminatory termination based on a combination of race, sex, and national-origin discrimination. She also alleged retaliatory termination under federal and state law. Stewart, an American-born African-American woman, alleges specifically that a group of her subordinates, consisting largely of male, Somali-born immigrants, created the hostile work environment. She also alleges her own supervisors ignored her complaints for assistance, denied her the authority to terminate the…