Abstract
CONTENTS
I. Introduction ...... . 393
II. The Case of Lawrence Mungin: Factual Background & Initial Judicial Proceedings....396
A. In the Beginning ..... . 396
B. Mungin Goes to Court: Take One ... . 398
III. Title VII as Applied ..... . . 399
A. Introduction to Title VII & the McDonnell Douglas Framework ..... . . 399
B. Mungin Goes to Court: Take Two ... . 406
IV. Presumptions, Burden Shifts, Obstacles .. . . 409
A. Early Caselaw & Application of McDonnell Douglas . . . 410
B. Twentieth Century Racism as Revealed Through Statistical & Experimental Analyses .. . . 412
C. Introducing the New Face of Discrimination . . . 413
D. Unconscious Bias: A Psychological Examination .415
V. Combating Covert and Unconscious Racism on a Conscious Level ..... . . 418
A. Eliminating Intent to Discriminate ..423
B. Kicking the Pretext Model to the Curb .. 424
C. Evidentiary Support .... . . 426
D. Causation is Not Intentionality ...428
E. Uncovering Cover-Ups .... 429
F. Benefits of Implementing a New Framework . . . 429
A. Starting Salary & 1993 Salary ... 431
B. 1994 Salary ..... . . 432
C. Work Assignments ....433
D. Partnership Consideration .... 435
E. Constructive Discharge ....436
F. A Mixed-Motive Model Matters ...437
VII. Conclusion ......437
Recommended Citation
Carlissa Carson,
Scrap McDonnell Douglas and its Burden-Shifting!,
101 Neb. L. Rev.
(2022)
Available at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nlr/vol101/iss2/8