Can Lyle establish a prima facie case of racial discrimination? Why or why not? 

Amaani Lyle, an African American woman, was hired by Warner Brothers Television Productions to be a scriptwriters’ assistant for the writers of Friends, a popular, adultoriented television series. One of her essential job duties was to type detailed notes for the scriptwriters during brainstorming sessions in which they discussed jokes, dialogue, and story lines. The writers then combed through Lyle’s notes after the meetings for script material. During these meetings, the three male scriptwriters told lewd and vulgar jokes and made sexually explicit comments and gestures. They often talked about their personal sexual experiences and fantasies, and some of these conversations were then used in episodes of Friends. Lyle never complained that she found the writers’ conduct during the meetings offensive. After four months, Lyle was fired because she could not type fast enough to keep up with the writers’ conversations during the meetings. She filed a suit against Warner Brothers, alleging sexual harassment and claiming that her termination was based on racial discrimination. Using the information presented in the chapter, answer the above question.