Reverse Discrimination 3/23/99 I am *sick* of hearing the phrase "reverse discrimination." If you have ever used it, stop it now. There is no such thing. Discrimination has no direction. If a person gives a job to someone just because they are white, that is discrimination based on race. If a person gives a job to someone just because they are black, that is discrimination based on race. It is not "reverse discrimination." Unless you're trying to say it is normal and acceptable to discriminate against blacks, but bad to discriminate against whites. Is that what you mean? It better not be. Discrimination based on race is a pile of steaming garbage. And it DOESN'T MATTER *which* race is involved. It is just stupid, and furthermore it is *wrong*. So quit saying "reverse discrimination." Study linguistics. Open a dictionary. The word contains no directions in it. "Reverse discrimination" is just an incredibly STUPID and IGNORANT thing to say. So stop it! Don't make me have to repeat this.