racial and ethnic discrimination

racial and ethnic discrimination
Acts of bias based on the race or ethnicity of the victim.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


racial and ethnic discrimination
Acts of bias based on the race or ethnicity of the victim.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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