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affirmative action Social medicine The removal of artificial barriers to the employment of ♀ and disadvantaged minorities, or admission of same to highly selective institutions of higher learning; AA refers to any effort to recruit and
hire members of previously disadvantaged groups, as a means of erasing past inequities. See Bakke v Regents of the University of California, Reverse discrimination; Cf Glass ceiling. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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MICHIGAN VOTERS' SUPPORT Of A CONTROVERSIAL BALLOT issue
against affirmative action in areas such as university admissions and
government contracting and employment may diminish opportunities for
blacks and other minorities in the state. Queer affirmative action received attention in the world of
academics after an October 2006 article in Inside Higher Ed reported
that Vermont's Middlebury College would be the first to implement
affirmative action for gay applicants.
The ideals of affirmative action have become conflated with the
proposition that there is a black way to be . |
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