reverse discrimination
noun
: discrimination against whites or males (as in employment or education)
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He claimed that reverse discrimination was to blame for his unemployment.
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Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
Having covered civil rights debates off and on for about a half-century, I am reminded of perhaps the most famous reverse discrimination case: Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, the 1978 landmark Supreme Court case that challenged the use of racial quotas in college admissions.
—Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025
Still, Jonathan Segal, a labor law expert at Duane Morris, predicted a ruling for Ames will boost the already increasing number of reverse discrimination suits.
—Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025
Allegations of reverse discrimination Ames started working at the Ohio Department of Youth Services, the state's juvenile corrections system, in 2004 as an executive secretary and became a program administrator in 2014.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2025
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Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
Having covered civil rights debates off and on for about a half-century, I am reminded of perhaps the most famous reverse discrimination case: Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, the 1978 landmark Supreme Court case that challenged the use of racial quotas in college admissions.
—Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025
Still, Jonathan Segal, a labor law expert at Duane Morris, predicted a ruling for Ames will boost the already increasing number of reverse discrimination suits.
—Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025
Allegations of reverse discrimination Ames started working at the Ohio Department of Youth Services, the state's juvenile corrections system, in 2004 as an executive secretary and became a program administrator in 2014.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for reverse discrimination
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“Reverse discrimination.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reverse%20discrimination. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.
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