reverse discrimination
noun
: discrimination against whites or males (as in employment or education)
Examples of reverse discrimination in a Sentence
He claimed that reverse discrimination was to blame for his unemployment.
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Their offices were among 20 across the county that received letters last week from the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission expressing concern that their hiring practices actively recruiting minorities and women amount to reverse discrimination.
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Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2025
The justices appeared to agree that members of a majority group don't face an extra hurdle when alleging `reverse discrimination' in the workplace.
—Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 26 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
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Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2025
The justices appeared to agree that members of a majority group don't face an extra hurdle when alleging `reverse discrimination' in the workplace.
—Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025
Related Articles Clarence Page: Let facts get in the way of performative politics
Clarence Page: Don’t let ‘reverse discrimination’ reverse our national progress
Clarence Page: A timely pushback against too much Trump-Musk secrecy
Email Clarence Page at [email protected].
—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
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“Reverse discrimination.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reverse%20discrimination. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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