When a non-decision maker makes a comment about race, does this constitute "stray remarks" that constitute "direct evidence of discriminatory animus"?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Dixon v. XPO Logistics, LLC, Case No.: 3:18-cv-2743-L-MDD (S.D. Cal. 2020):

While stray remarks of non-decision makers may be probative, they "do not constitute 'direct evidence' of discriminatory animus." Reid v. Google, 50 Cal.4th 512,

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