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Meaning of racial spoils | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Preferential treatment of minorities in source selection for government contracts.

US, derogatory, plural, plural-only

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

racialisation racialiser Racialism Racialist raciality racialization