... JURY SELECTION. Defendant next argues the trial court erred by holding that he failed
to make a prima facie showing of racial discrimination when he objected to the state's
peremptory challenge to an African-American prospective juror. ...
... The dispositive question before this Court is whether the trial court erred by finding the State had
not engaged in purposeful discrimination when the State did not provide a race-neutral
explanation for each African-American whom it had removed from the jury by peremptory ...
... (2) An alleged unlawful State employment practice constituting discrimination, as proscribed
by GS 126-36, including: a. Denial of a promotion, transfer, or training, on account of the
employee's . . . race. . . . ... ___, ___, 647 SE2d 125, 128 (2007). III. Discrimination. ...