Based upon the language of the Supreme Court in Harris v. Forklift, the court reasoned that “When the workplace is permeated with “discriminatory intimidation, ridicule, and insult, that is sufficiently severe or pervasive to alter the conditions of the victim’s employment and create an abusive working environment, Title VII is violated. This standard, which we reaffirm today, takes a middle path between making actionable any conduct that is merely offensive and requiring the conduct to cause a tangible psychological injury. As we pointed out…“mere utterance of an…epithet which engenders offensive feelings in an employee,†does not sufficiently affect the conditions of employment to implicate Title VII. But we can say that whether an environment is “hostile†or “abusive†can be determined only by looking at all the circumstances. These may include the frequency of the discriminatory conduct; its severity; whether it is physically threatening or humiliating, or a mere offensive utterance; and whether it unreasonably interferes with an employee’s work performance.
” With this standard in mind, create a fact pattern, listing at least three statements/conduct/actions that would constitute a hostile work environment based on race, gender, religion, or national origin.