Reverse discrimination
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Reverse discrimination includes discriminatory policies or acts that benefit a historically socio-politically non-dominant group (typically minorities or women), at the expense of a historically socio-politically dominant group (typically men and majority races).
Particularly in the United States, the term is used to imply that underqualified members of minority groups are being hired and promoted instead of more qualified members of majority groups.
[1] [2] [3], [4], [5]. Similary, in India, the term is often used by the citizens protesting against reservation and quotas.
In particular, racial quotas for collegiate admission to government-run institutions were held to be unconstitutional in the United States, while non-quota race preferences are legal. Harvard economist Roland Fryer, however, has argued that there is no logically tenable difference between "quotas" and "goals." [6]
Many legal cases involving claims of "reverse discrimination" are settled before they go to court. [7]
In China, minorities are exempted from One Child Policy.
[edit] See Also
[edit] External links
- UK Home Office Employment Targets
- Positive action in employment under the UK Race Relations Act
