reverse discrimination

“Reverse discrimination” involves a claim by an individual in a non-protected class that they were discriminated against on the basis of race, or other characteristics or attributes. See: Wachstein v. Slocum, 265 N.J. Super. 6 (1993).  

Reverse discrimination is a constitutional law issue which has been extensively litigated. For example, in Valarie Kay Kilgore v. Trussville Development, LLC, the plaintiff filed a reverse discrimination claim on the basis that their termination stemmed from the manager’s repeated comments that she was “too old” and the “wrong color.”  

[Last reviewed in May of 2024 by the Wex Definitions Team]

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