stated that ‘“two chinks’ in the pharmacology department were ‘more than enough.’ ” Id. The second instance of direct evidence was when the chairman of the department said in a later meeting that the plaintiff should “pray to their Buddha for help.” Id. at 1129. The Ninth Circuit found both of these comments to be direct evidence. Id. In Merritt v. Dillard Paper Co., 120 F.3d 1181 (11th Cir.1997), the Eleventh Circuit dealt specifically with what constitutes direct evidence of retaliation in a Title VII action. The Eleventh Circuit noted that the “quintessential example of direct evidence in the age discrimination context would be ‘a management memorandum saying, “Fire Earley — he is too old” ’ ” Id. at 1190 (quoting Earley v. Champion Int’l Corp., 907 F.2d 1077, 1081 (11th Cir.1990) (<HOLDING>)). In Merritt, the plaintiff offered evidence
holding that a jury could find an intent to discriminate from evidence of use of code words such as all of you and one of them the words themselves are only relevant for what they reveal  the intent of the speaker holding that direct evidence of discrimination is not required to prove discrimination in mixed motive cases under title vii holding that the question of guilty knowledge and especially intent to defraud may be shown by other than direct evidence holding that isolated remarks are insufficient to prove discriminatory intent holding only the most blatant remarks whose intent could be nothing other than to discriminate  constitute direct evidence of discrimination