of one of its three peremptory strikes against an African American in a ease where the defendant was white and race was completely unrelated to the issues in the case. The fact that the State exercised its strike in such a manner that it effectively eliminated all the members of a particular race from the jury panel is far less significant when the number stricken constitutes a grand total of one. We find very little guidance for determining whether striking a single member of an ethnic group is enough, standing alone, to make out a prima facie case. Generally, however, courts have been reluctant to allow the analysis to deteriorate into a purely statistical one. See United States v. Dawn, 897 F.2d 1444, 1448 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 960, 111 S.Ct. 389, 112 L.Ed.2d 400 (1990) (<HOLDING>) Rather, “determining whether a pri-ma facie
holding that numbers alone are not sufficient to establish or negate a prima facie ease holding that close temporal proximity is sufficient to establish a prima facie case of retaliation holding to establish a prima facie case of racial discrimination a plaintiff must show he 1 holding that parallel legal interests alone identical or otherwise are not sufficient to establish privity holding that a prima facie case is subject to independent review