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racial spoils

racial spoils noun: preferential treatment of minorities in source selection for government contracts.

Noun

racial spoils pl (plural only)

  1. (US, derogatory, plural, plural-only) Preferential treatment of minorities in source selection for government contracts.
    • The State Senate recently voted to adopt a racial spoils system whereby at least 25% of construction contracts must be awarded to minority-owned businesses.
    • Ricci [v. DeStefano] may be the rock upon which America's racial spoils system finally founders.2009, George F. Will, “The Wreck of the Racial Spoils System”, in The Washington Post

Questions about racial spoils

What does racial spoils mean?
Racial spoils means preferential treatment of minorities in source selection for government contracts.
What part of speech is racial spoils?
Racial spoils is a noun.

Words near racial spoils in the dictionary

  1. racial profiling
  2. racial profilings
  3. racial purity
  4. racial science
  5. racial sciences
  6. racial spoils
  7. racialisation
  8. racialisations
  9. racialise
  10. racialised
  11. racialiser

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