An Arizona city is ready to fill a vacated position of lieutenant,a management position.Because it has more non-minority managers than minority,and because the majority of its non-management personnel are Hispanic,the city council is requiring that the new lieutenant be Hispanic.The non-Hispanic candidates claim they are better qualified.This is an example of ________.

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This scenario is an example of reverse discrimination, where individuals are discriminated against not because they are a minority but because they are part of the majority group. In this case, non-Hispanic candidates are being excluded in favor of Hispanic candidates to address an imbalance in the organization's diversity, which the non-Hispanic candidates perceive as unfair treatment based on their ethnic background.

An Arizona City Is Ready to Fill a Vacated Position