Reverse discrimination is the concept of discrimination against members of a dominant group or majority in favor of members of minority groups. The occurrence of this type of discrimination is due to both shortcomings in the legal definition of the limitations of positive discrimination and the abuse of temporary legal advantages by previously discriminated minorities.
Since the mid-1970s, when the policy of positive discrimination began to gain popularity, reverse discrimination began to appear primarily in the field of employment and education. Here, a narrow understanding of reverse discrimination has formed as unequal treatment of whites or men.
A case in point is a lawsuit against the New Haven City Fire Department in the United States, which refused to promote Whites in order not to offend racial minorities.
