Racial discrimination includes harassment based on race. This includes any action which causes an employee to feel uncomfortable at work because of his or her race. Such conduct includes racial "jokes," derogatory comments about an employee's race, hostile comments or actions toward the employee based on his or her race, the display of drawings or pictures that negatively portray a particular race, or any other action that creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment, or interferes with the employee's work performance. The harassing actions must be "severe and pervasive" to constitute illegal discrimination, meaning that an isolated incident or "offhand teasing" would not give cause for a lawsuit.

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