Cengage Advantage Books: Fundamentals of Business Law 9th Edition by Roger LeRoy Miller

Exercise 12

Amaani Lyle, an African American woman, took a job as a scriptwriters' assistant at Warner Television Productions. She worked for the writers of Weeds , a popular, adult-oriented television series. One of her essential job duties was to type detailed notes for the scriptwriters during brainstorming sessionsin which they discussed jokes, dialogue, and story lines. The writers then combed through Lyle's notes after the meetings for script material. Duringthese meetings, the three male scriptwriters told lewd and vulgar jokes and made sexually explicit comments and gestures. They often talked about theirpersonal sexual experiences and fantasies, and some of these conversations were then used in episodes of Weeds.
During the meetings, Lyle never complained that she found the writers 2019 conduct offensive. After four months, she was fired because she could not type fast enough to keep up with the writers' conversations during the meetings. She filed a suit against Warner alleging sexual harassment and claiming that her termination was based on racial discrimination. Using the information presented in the chapter, answer the following question.
Would Lyle's claim of racial discrimination be for intentional (disparate treatment) or unintentional (disparate impact) discrimination? Explain.