The Baltimore Sun reports that NJ-based supermarket chain A&P has been found liable for unlawfully discriminating against a white employee, or so-called "reverse discrimination."  The plaintiff, John Sullivan, claimed that he was demoted and replaced by a black employee on the basis of race discrimination.  A federal jury agreed.  Post-trial motions that will determine the amount of compensation that will be awarded to Sullivan are pending.

According to the EEOC, about 10% of the race discrimination complaints that it receives are from whites.  It is unusual, however, for a white plaintiff to succeed in such a claim.