The following excerpt is from Galicia v. Postmaster General, 996 F.2d 1224 (9th Cir. 1993):
To establish a Title VII race or sex discrimination claim a plaintiff must first make a prima facie case of discrimination. Once a prima facie case has been made, the employer must articulate a legitimate nondiscriminatory reason for the employment decision. If the employer does so, to prevail the plaintiff must prove that the employer's reason was a pretext for discrimination. Norris v. City of San Francisco, 900 F.2d 1326, 1329 (9th Cir.1990).
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