A challenge for cause is a racist challenge to exclude potential jurors from serving on the jury without any supporting reason or cause.

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A challenge for cause is a legal procedure where a potential juror can be excluded from serving on the jury based on a specific legal ground, such as a conflict of interest or bias. It is not related to race or ethnicity. However, peremptory challenges, which allow attorneys to exclude potential jurors without cause, have historically been used to discriminate against certain racial or ethnic groups. Such discriminatory use of peremptory challenges has been ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in Batson v. Kentucky (1986).

A Challenge for Cause Is a Racist Challenge to Exclude