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Bias alert: Beware positive stereotypes, too

01/14/2011

Typically, employees who file discrimination cases try to show that their employers treated them poorly because of preconceived notions about members of their protected class. But stereotypes that at first blush seem positive can also be the basis for a bias claim, as this recent case shows.

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