reverse discrimination

But the promise of the debt relief program was dashed after groups representing white farmers filed lawsuits to block it, arguing that the federal government was engaging in reverse discrimination by awarding money based on race.

And by keeping the decision narrow, it headed off this burgeoning effort among conservative lawyers and lower courts to repurpose Title VII as a weapon against “reverse discrimination,” to kill programs that make sure women and people of color can get a fair shake in the workplace.

While the 1981 statute had been used well before the latest affirmative action ruling to prove reverse discrimination, Alphonso David, Fearless Fund’s legal counsel who serves as president & CEO of The Global Black Economic Forum, said that there’s a “coordinated use of Section 1981 now that we did not see before.”

People variously worried about the impact on the economy, whether Indians would be treated fairly, and whether special tribal rights were justified or amounted to reverse discrimination.

Anti-feminist feeling has also increased in recent years - particularly among young men who feel they have been disadvantaged by reverse discrimination.