affirmative action
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affirmative action
noun affirmative actions
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A set of policies or programs providing advantages for people of a group who are seen to have traditionally been the target of discrimination.
Several proponents of affirmative action who were interviewed cited the scandal to dismiss the notion, advanced by some opponents of the policy, that America has moved beyond racial discrimination.
Similar: positive discrimination
- A specific policy with such a goal. The debate on specific affirmative actions has similarly been reduced to mean quotas and preferential treatment of minorities and white women at the expense of white males.
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noun set of policies
| Español | discriminación positiva, acción afirmativa, acción positiva |
|---|---|
| Português | ação afirmativa |
| Français | discrimination positive, action positive |
| Deutsch | positive Diskriminierung |
| Italiano | azione positiva, discriminazione positiva |
| Ελληνικά | θετική δράση thetikí drási |
| Română | acțiune afirmativă |
| עברית | אַפְלָיָה מְתַקֶּנֶת aflayá mətaqénet |
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title = {affirmative action},
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