Legal Opinion
Brenda Smelter v. Souther Home Care Services Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 24, 2018No. 16-16607PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JILL PRYOR, Circuit Judge:
Brenda Smelter, a black woman, was hired by Southern Home Care Services, Inc. d/b/a/ ResCare Homecare as a Customer Service Supervisor. She was the only black person who worked in her office, and she often overheard her co-workers making racist comments, some of which were directed at her. The severity of these racist comments peaked on the last day of her employment when a co-worker called her a "dumb black nigger" during an argument. According to Smelter, she was fired for reporting this epithet, along with her co-workers' other racist comments, to her direct…
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