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{{Short description|Discrimination against members of a dominant or majority group}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Multiple issues| {{Globalize|section|date=January 2023}} {{Lead too short|date=March 2023}} }} {{Discrimination sidebar|Related}} '''Reverse discrimination''' is a term used to describe [[discrimination]] against members of a dominant or majority group, in favor of members of a minority or historically disadvantaged group. Reverse discrimination based on race or ethnicity is also called [[reverse racism]].<ref name="Yee 2008">{{cite book |last=Yee |first=June Ying |editor-last=Shaefer |editor-first=Richard T. |title=Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society, Volume 3 |date=2008 |publisher=SAGE Publications |isbn=978-1-41-292694-2 |pages=1118β19 |chapter=Racism, Types of |quote=[T]he term ''reverse racism'' (or ''reverse discrimination'') has been coined to describe situations where typically advantaged people are relegated to inferior positions or denied social opportunities to benefit racial and ethnic minorities, or, in some instances, women. However, scholars argue that a critical component of racism is the broad exercise of authority and power and that isolated instances of favoring the disadvantaged over the privileged cannot be seen as constituting racism.}}</ref>
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