Opposition to affirmative action frames it as reverse discrimination against Whites

Evidence

6. Blacks have to learn they are entitled to no special consideration and must make it strictly on merit. (R) 7. Once affirmative action programs for Blacks are started, the result is bound to be reverse discrimination against White men. (R) 8. — Janet K. Swim and Deborah L. Miller, White Guilt, 153

Categorization

• DEFINE: These reverse-scored items define the oppositional pole of the measured attitude, showing how resentful/reactionary responses were operationalized.
• XREF: connects to: Half of white youth believe reverse discrimination outweighs traditional discrimination — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1992; Neoliberalism redefined affirmative action as the racism it was designed to oppose — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 1762; Systemic reverse-discrimination beliefs trace to any black besting a white regardless of merit

Broader Connections

• Half of white youth believe reverse discrimination outweighs traditional discrimination #exemplifies (0.95) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1992
• Systemic reverse-discrimination beliefs trace to any black besting a white regardless of merit #expands (0.90)
• Neoliberalism redefined affirmative action as the racism it was designed to oppose #expands (0.85) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1762