Award in Discrimination Suit - NYTimes.com
National Briefing - South - Georgia - Award in Reverse Discrimination Suit - NYTimes.com
This annoys me. Not that there was a suit, nor that it was awarded, but that people seem to think there's something called "reverse discrimination." There's not. It's basic run of the mill discrimination -- and shame to the NYTimes for perpetuating a myth.
The "reverse discrimination" implies the reverse of discrimination which means no discriminations.
Now, I know it's a term commonly used when whites are discriminated based on color, but again, that's just plain 'ol discrimination.
From thefreedictionary.net:
dis·crim·i·na·tion (d-skrm-nshn)
n.
1. The act of discriminating.
2. The ability or power to see or make fine distinctions; discernment.
3. Treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit; partiality or prejudice: racial discrimination; discrimination against foreigners.
Take away any of that, or reverse it, and it's no longer discrimination, is it?
I'm just saying -- white/caucasions, men, whomever can be discriminated against. We/they don't need a special term when it's the same 'ol tried and true bigotry.
This annoys me. Not that there was a suit, nor that it was awarded, but that people seem to think there's something called "reverse discrimination." There's not. It's basic run of the mill discrimination -- and shame to the NYTimes for perpetuating a myth.
The "reverse discrimination" implies the reverse of discrimination which means no discriminations.
Now, I know it's a term commonly used when whites are discriminated based on color, but again, that's just plain 'ol discrimination.
From thefreedictionary.net:
dis·crim·i·na·tion (d-skrm-nshn)
n.
1. The act of discriminating.
2. The ability or power to see or make fine distinctions; discernment.
3. Treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit; partiality or prejudice: racial discrimination; discrimination against foreigners.
Take away any of that, or reverse it, and it's no longer discrimination, is it?
I'm just saying -- white/caucasions, men, whomever can be discriminated against. We/they don't need a special term when it's the same 'ol tried and true bigotry.
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