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Different Standards for Different Groups: The 'Background Circumstances' Rule

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Sarah Belchic and C. Eric Stevens discuss a case in the Sixth Circuit that raised questions about the rule requiring members of a majority demographic group to show additional “background circumstances” to support their Title VII discrimination claims itself discriminatory.

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