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The term affirmative action refers to policies that take race, ethnicity, physical disabilities, military career, sex, or a person's parents' social class into consideration in an attempt to promote equal opportunity or increase ethnicity or other forms of diversity. The focus of such policies ranges from employment and education to public contracting and health programs. The impetus towards affirmative action is twofold: to maximize diversity in all levels of society, along with its presumed benefits, and to redress perceived disadvantages due to overt, institutional, or involuntary discrimination.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affirmative_action
by Millenium - The Mysterious M. . . GONE! on February 2nd, 2010
B-U-L-L-S-H-*-T. . . . . . . pure and simple!
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Legalised discrimination.
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thanks, helpful.
by Always Ready - COAT of courage on February 2nd, 2010