racial quotas
Mandated ethnic proportions
Racial quotas are fixed numerical requirements for how many people of particular racial groups must be included in hiring, admissions, or other selection processes.
The term typically appears in debates over affirmative action, often used critically: Critics argue that racial quotas amount to reverse discrimination.
In the United States, strict racial quotas in university admissions were ruled unconstitutional, though race-conscious policies persisted until recently.
- hiring practicesHow organizations select employees
- reverse discriminationPrejudice favoring minorities over majorities
- level playing fieldEqual competitive conditions
- color blindUnable to perceive certain hues
- inclusionBeing made part
affirmative action · representation · systemic inequality · advocacy groups · civil rights legislation · marginalized communities · legal precedents · disparate impact · protected class · reparations · diversity initiatives · social mobility · tokenism · intersectionality · cultural competence · proportional representation · proportional representation
- oppressionoppression, tyranny, racism, repression, secret police
- quotas
- educationeducation, school, schools, teachers, students
- racismracism, white supremacy, bigotry, segregation, hate crime
- School Desegregationschool busing, desegregation, busing, school integration, Brown v. Board
- School Diversityschool integration, school desegregation, diverse classrooms, mixed schools, busing
racial quotasmeritocracy
Advancement through demonstrated ability
merit-based selection · blind review · standardized testing · merit system · merit-based hiring
racial quotascolorblindness
Impaired hue discrimination
equal treatment · non-discrimination · anti-discrimination laws
racial quotasequal opportunity
Unbiased chance for all
individualism · open competition · universalism · classical liberalism
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