The word "peremptory" means insisting on immediate obedience or accepting no refusal. Full definition
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The Court now rules that such use of peremptory challenges in a given case may, but does not necessarily, raise an inference, which the prosecutor carries the burden of refuting, [p101] that his strikes were based on the belief that no black citizen could be a satisfactory juror or fairly try a black defendant. (law.cornell.edu)
In 1986, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that prosecutors could not use peremptory challenges of prospective jurors — challenges for which no cause need be offered — to exclude individuals because of their race.» (howappealing.abovethelaw.com)
Allowing attorneys to raise Batson challenges for strikes of (perceived) GLBTQ jurors seems to open the door to challenging peremptory strikes on any number of bases that don't relate to protected classes at all. (lawyerist.com)