This is when an employee is denied a promotion, experiences an adverse job consequence or is discharged for racially motivated reasons. Usually, such cases are brought by a person who is a member of a minority group. However, some interesting situations have arisen in what is informally known as reverse discrimination cases, where a person who is considered to be a member of the majority brings a claim contending that he or she was discriminated against by minority persons who were in control of the workplace. Such issues are presently before the appellate courts.