Only 2 percent of government contractors reported reverse discrimination in 1994

Evidence

Unless they define affirmative action as any situation in which an African American bests a white, regardless of why, these survey respondents are wrong. In 1994, only 2 percent of 641 government contractors polled complained of quotas or reverse discrimination. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1993

Categorization

• XREF: Direct factual rebuttal to the perception gap in the 1991 paragraph; pairs well with it as evidence versus belief.