Juan, a Hispanic male, is a chemical engineer for Alliance Chemical. He is the only Hispanic male in a department of 74, 42 of whom are engineers. He is terminated after 10 months on the job. His supervisor said the discharge was based on Juan's poor performance, including routinely reporting to work late, for taking excessive unexcused absences and missing project deadlines. According to the supervisor, Juan was the least productive engineer in the department. Juan believes that because he was the only Hispanic in the department he has a good claim for discrimination. However, Juan does not have a claim for discrimination under Title VII because __________.
