Opponents
Opponents of Reverse Discrimination sometimes object that it cannot achieve its objectives because it inevitably creates two classes; those who gain their job or university place (or whatever) purely on merit and those who succeed only because of the existence of the program. So when women or ethnic minorities succeed on merit alone this is not recognized and their success is attributed to Reverse Discrimination.
Statistics on the numbers and outcomes of complaints of employment discrimination suggest that reverse discrimination is rare. Most complaints are not claims against affirmative action polices. According to a report prepared for the labour department in the United States by Alfred W. Blumrosen, affirmative action polices have caused few claims of reverse discrimination by white people. The report found less than 100 reverse-discrimination cases among more than 3,000 discrimination opinions by Federal district and appears could from 1990-1994. The report indicated that a high proportion of the claims lacked merit. In Blumrosens report, national surveys revealed only a few whites had experienced reverse discrimination, only 5 to 12 percent of whites believe that their race has cost them a job or promotion. In addition, Blumrosens report indicated the reports filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission offers additional evidence that reverse discrimination is rare: 2% of cases were by white men were charging, sex, race or national origin discrimination and 1.8% were by white women charging race discrimination.
Furthermore, newer reports by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission have found that less than 10% of race related complaints were filed by whites, only 18% of gender related complaints and 4% of the court cases were filed by men also.
Other evidence suggests that when national samples of Whites are analyzed when they have been asked if they personally have experienced the loss of job, promotion, or college admission because of their race, only 2%-13% say yes.
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