Opinion ID: 803961
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Heading: Proof of Intent

Text: The Port Authority next argues that it was entitled to judgment as a matter of law on the plaintiffs’ individual disparate treatment claims because many of the plaintiffs’ anecdotes of intentional discrimination were merely “situations involving personal affront as opposed to examples of overt racism,” and moreover, that “[n]one of the specific instances relied upon by plaintiffs took place in the context of promotion.” Appellants’ Reply Br. at 17. Even if we were to accept the Port Authority’s characterization of these accounts of discrimination, however, the plaintiffs also provided evidence that they were better qualified for promotion than several white officers who were promoted instead. In conjunction with the plaintiffs’ statistical evidence, we conclude that this anecdotal evidence of intent was sufficient for a reasonable jury to conclude that the Port Authority intentionally discriminated against the plaintiffs by failing to promote them. 36