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The Sum of Indignities: Rethinking Hostile Work Environment Through Knox
Introduction: The Cumulative Harm Courts Fail to See In Knox v. CRC Management Co., LLC, the Second Circuit reinstated a hostile work environment claim brought by Natasha Knox, a Black woman of Jamaican descent who alleged near-daily racial...
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Disbelieving the Disenfranchised: Why Courts Still Undervalue Sworn Testimony in Discrimination...
In Knox v. CRC Management Co., LLC, the Second Circuit did more than reverse a district court’s grant of summary judgment—it delivered a powerful indictment of a systemic judicial blind spot: the persistent undervaluing of plaintiffs’ sworn...
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“Credibility is for the Jury”: How Knox v. CRC Management Co.,...
Executive Summary In Knox v. CRC Management Co., LLC, 2025 WL 1057862 (2d Cir. 2025), the Second Circuit delivered a sweeping reversal of a district court’s grant of summary judgment in an employment discrimination case brought by a low-wage...
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“In Loco Predatoris: When Schools Fail to See Female Educators as...
Introduction: The Hidden Civil Rights Crisis For more than 14 years, I have raised a civil rights issue that most institutions—and much of the public—have refused to confront fully: the sexual abuse of students by female educators. As a...
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False Neutrality: How Coworker ‘Staying Out of It’ Becomes Institutional Retaliation
I. Introduction Neutrality in the face of harassment is often framed as professionalism. Colleagues claim they “don’t want to get involved.” Supervisors maintain they’re “staying impartial.” But in practice, silence is rarely...
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Trauma Contagion at Work: Why Witnesses to Harassment Often Turn on...
Introduction In the aftermath of workplace harassment, one of the most painful betrayals often doesn’t come from the harasser or management. It comes from peers—colleagues who witnessed the abuse, knew it was wrong, and either stood silently...
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