Chief Justice John Roberts: 'OK, Boomer'
Babb's lawyer whether a younger hiring manager saying "okay, boomer" once to"the applicant" would be considered an “actionable” offense."OK, boomer" has become a biting slogan younger generations have used on platforms like TikTok and Twitter to express resentment toward older people, invoking the name of the baby boom generation.
"Well if the speech in the workplace....calling someone 'boomer' or saying unflattering things about them in age, when considering them for a position, then yes of course," Roman Martinez, the attorney delivering the oral arguments Babb, replied back. "So calling somebody a 'Boomer' and considering them for a position would be actionable?" Roberts, 64, pressed."If the decision-makers are sitting around the table and they say, 'we've got Candidate A who's 35' and 'we've got Candidate B who's 55 and is a Boomer' -- and is probably tired and you know, doesn't have a lot of computer skills, I think that absolutely would be actionable," Martinez continued..
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