What does affirmative action mean?

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  1. A policy or program providing advantages for people of a minority group who are seen to have traditionally been discriminated against, with the aim of creating a more egalitarian society through preferential access to education, employment, health care, social welfare, etc.
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Is affirmative action to reverse the legacy of discrimination an idea whose time has passed?
But skittishness about affirmative action does not begin to explain the degree of Schadenfreude on display over Raines's resignation.
Not only that, but they benefit from affirmative action in legislatures and the bureaucracy.
After many years of bashing from pundits and politicians, affirmative action is on the ropes.
The problem with affirmative action, it seems, is that it is dependent upon the largesse and consent of those who have no stake.
In a 1998 speech, Gore likened opposition to affirmative action to a duck blind.

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