Ruff v. Temple University

MEMORANDUM

KEARNEY, District Judge.

A university employer may not fail to promote a qualified African-American employee based on reasons appearing to be pretext for race-based discrimination. Where two university officials hire the employee as an academic advisor and then, a little over two years later, the same two officials promote other persons for restructured jobs in the same department based on a variety of documented employer-based qualitative judgments creating legitimate reasons for not then promoting the employee, the employee must demonstrate such weakness, implausibility,…