| 单词 | reverse discrimination |
| 释义 | > as lemmasreverse discrimination reverse discrimination n. originally U.S. discrimination against a majority or (formerly) dominant group; discrimination by or in favour of a minority or (formerly) oppressed group; cf. positive discrimination n. at positive adj. and n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > [noun] > discrimination or inegalitarianism reverse discrimination1945 inegalitarianism1966 1945 in R. D. Wilson Jim Crow joins Up (rev. ed.) xi. 132 It was also possible now to have Negro strikers for all vacant petty officer ratings without any ‘reverse discrimination’ such as there would have been if white seamen had been denied the right to strike for a higher rating just because it was desired to qualify Negroes. 1969 Guardian 11 Oct. 8/6 The Hunt report on Northern Ireland..sets its face firmly against the allocation of reserved places for Roman Catholics within the police—‘reverse discrimination’ it calls it. 1983 B. Emecheta Rape of Shavi (1985) x. 87 This is reverse discrimination. Here they think we whites are good for only menial jobs. 2000 B. F. Reskin in M. S. Kimmel & A. Aronson Gendered Society Reader 264 Claims that sex inequality has disappeared (or that men now experience ‘reverse discrimination’). < as lemmas |
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