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reverse discrimination

reverse discrimination noun
reverse discrimination
noun
Learner's definition of REVERSE DISCRIMINATION
[noncount]
: the practice of making it more difficult for a certain type of person (such as a white man) to get a job, to go to a school, etc., because other people who were treated unfairly in the past are now being given an advantage(过去曾受歧视的人群现在受到特别照顾,因此而引起的对白人等的)反向歧视

reverse discrimination

noun

: discrimination against whites or males (as in employment or education)

Example Sentences

He claimed that reverse discrimination was to blame for his unemployment.
Recent Examples on the Web This spurred decades of dueling lawsuits between Black and white firefighters and applicants claiming racial bias and reverse discrimination. William Lee, chicagotribune.com, 17 Apr. 2022 Some Republican senators have subtly suggested that Mr. Biden’s nomination amounted to reverse discrimination. New York Times, 20 Mar. 2022 Pointed questions are swirling over the swift termination of Larry Scirotto, an outsider from Pittsburgh fired amid allegations of reverse discrimination after just six months as chief of the Fort Lauderdale Police Department. Susannah Bryan, sun-sentinel.com, 5 Mar. 2022 So there’s the potential for reverse discrimination, and other things like that to also be called into play. Whitney Friedlander, Variety, 28 Feb. 2022 As far back as the early 1990s, reverse discrimination lawsuits have been filed against law enforcement agencies across the country that have implemented affirmative action initiatives. Christina Carrega And Emma Tucker, CNN, 31 Dec. 2021 This nationwide injunction, the first of its kind, followed a slew of lawsuits filed by white farmers in Florida, Illinois, Minnesota, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin, and Wyoming under the guise of reverse discrimination against white farmers. Rayna Reid, Essence, 7 Sep. 2021 But a judge has put the money on hold in the face of lawsuits filed by white farmers claiming that the program is unfair – reverse discrimination. Roxana Hegeman And Allen G. Breed, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Sep. 2021 But a judge has put the money on hold in the face of lawsuits filed by White farmers claiming that the program is unfair — reverse discrimination. CBS News, 1 Sep. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1964, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of reverse discrimination was in 1964

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