An Egyptian-born doctor, who was a naturalized U.S. citizen, was subjected to harassment from his supervisor at a Texas hospital because of his national origin, including statements such as “Middle Easterners are lazy.” He ultimately left the hospital but was denied a position at a second hospital because of a poor referral from the first hospital. Can the poor referral constitute national origin discrimination? Another doctor at the original hospital refused to support the supervisor against the Egyptian-born doctor when asked to do so. Can the second doctor sue for national origin discrimination if he suffers retaliation because of his refusal, even if the retaliation against him is not based on his national origin, but instead because of the underlying case? [Nassar v. University of Texas Southwest Medical Center, No. 3:08-cv-1337 (N.D. Texas 2008).]