Answer the question thoroughly, explaining all applicable legal reasons behind your answer.

1. Shervonne Hale, a black woman, has worked in the mailroom at TransWorld Pictures for 16 years. When a mailroom supervisor position becomes open, Hale applies for the job but she is not selected. Instead, Angelica Watkins, the director of administration, hires Pat Phelps, a white woman. When Hale complains to Watkins, she says that she selected Pat because they are best friends and Pat needed a better job after her husband left her. Hale files a complaint of racial discrimination with the EEOC. Will Hale be successful? Why or why not?