[Volokh] David Kopel: Originsof the phrase "reverse discrimination"

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Posted by David Kopel:
Originsof the phrase "reverse discrimination"
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2008_10_19-2008_10_25.shtml#1224693916


   Do any commenters have information about when this term was first
   used, and who thought it up? The earliest use in a court case I have
   found is in a New York decision in 1964, but there appear to be prior
   uses starting at least in the 1950s. There is an urban legend that the
   term was invented by a Klansman. Do commmenters have any knowledge
   about that claim?