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race discrimination

 
 
noun [U] (also racial discrimination) LAW, HR

Definition

unfair treatment of someone because of their race: claim/allege race discrimination She is claiming race discrimination against her former employer. The college had been guilty of race discrimination.
(Definition of race discrimination noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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