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reverse discrimination

NOUN
affirmative action
Synonyms
WEAK
anti-discrimination equal opportunity equal rights policy even break fair hiring fair hiring practices fair shake fair treatment limited choice nondiscrimination positive discrimination quota system

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Derrick Johnson, the president of the NAACP, pushed back against Trump’s claims of reverse discrimination.

From Salon • Jan. 12, 2026

The reason has nothing to do with reverse discrimination.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2020

Activist in some areas untouched by the Warren Court, like sex discrimination, it has continued to press for school desegregation, tried to strike a balance on reverse discrimination and retrenched slightly on criminal rights.

From Time Magazine Archive

Theirs is not an abstract debate: comfortably hazy concepts like ''liberty'' and ''equality'' must be applied to urgent social and moral dilemmas�abortion, the death penalty, obscenity, busing, reverse discrimination.

From Time Magazine Archive