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racial spoils en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (US, derogatory, plural, plural-only) Preferential treatment of minorities in source selection for government contracts.
    • 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:
    • 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.