Whether a court should give controlling weight to a neutral reason for employment decision when evidence of racial animus exists

Assuming the petitioner established a prima facie case of employment discrimination, if the respondent offers evidence of a neutral reason for its refusal to promote, should the court give controlling weight that reason despite the petitioner ’s evidence disputing that reason, including evidence of racial animus related to the decisional process, to ultimately determine that there is no dispute of material fact and thereupon affirm a grant of summary judgment under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56(c)? i