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  • Affirmative action in the United States — is intended to promote access to education, employment, or housing among certain designated groups (typically, minorities and women). The stated motivation for affirmative action policies is to redress the effects of past discrimination and to… …   Wikipedia

  • affirmative action — affirmative action, adj. the encouragement of increased representation of women and minority group members, esp. in employment. [1960 65] * * * In the U.S., the effort to improve the employment and educational opportunities of women and members… …   Universalium

  • affirmative action — n: an active effort (as through legislation) to improve the employment or educational opportunities of members of minority groups or women Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. affirmative action …   Law dictionary

  • Affirmative Action Around the World — Affirmative Action Around the World: An Empirical Study is a 2004 nonfiction work by economist Thomas Sowell. Already known as a critic of affirmative action or race based hiring and promotion, Sowell, himself African American, analyzes the… …   Wikipedia

  • affirmative action — n. 1. a policy of making active efforts to improve the employment or educational opportunities available to members of minority groups or women; achieved by employers or schools by using various techniques, but excluding the use of simple quotas… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • affirmative action — ☆ affirmative action n. a policy or program for correcting the effects of discrimination in the employment or education of members of certain groups, as women, blacks, etc …   English World dictionary

  • Affirmative action — For the history and implementation of affirmative action in the U.S., see Affirmative action in the United States. Affirmative action refers to policies that take factors including race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or national… …   Wikipedia

  • Affirmative action bake sale — An affirmative action bake sale is a campus protest event used by student groups to illustrate criticism of affirmative action policies, especially as they relate to college and graduate school admissions. The goal of the technique is to bring… …   Wikipedia

  • affirmative action — noun a policy designed to redress past discrimination against women and minority groups through measures to improve their economic and educational opportunities affirmative action has been extremely controversial and was challenged in 1978 in the …   Useful english dictionary

  • Affirmative Action — A policy in which an individual s color, race, sex, religion or national origin are taken into account by a business or the government in order to increase the opportunities provided to an underrepresented part of society. Affirmative action is… …   Investment dictionary

  • affirmative action — N UNCOUNT Affirmative action is the policy of giving jobs and other opportunities to members of groups such as racial minorities or women who might not otherwise have them. [AM] (in BRIT, use positive discrimination) …   English dictionary

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