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Affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.
Employers subject to Title VII are PROHIBITED from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. AA is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. The employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then STOP, ending its AA efforts.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 9y agoAffirmative action is the process of giving priority to historically disadvantaged groups. It is usually used in education and work, by setting aside special scholarships for disadvantaged groups and setting quotas for the amount of students/employees of that group need to be accepted/hired.
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∙ 15y agoaffirmative action is policy and program established to correct past discrimination in education and employment in opportunities directed against women, blacks, members of other minorities.
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∙ 7y agoAffirmative action legislation is laws that help social groups that have been discriminated against in the past obtain jobs and entrances into colleges.
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What argument do critics of affirmative action often make?
Critics often make the argument that affirmative action is unconstitutional.
What was an unintended outcome of affirmative action?
reverse discrimination
How many states ban affirmative action?
5
Whose administration formally established affirmative action?
nixon
Should Affirmative Action be eliminated?
Affirmative action, otherwise known as "reverse-discrimination", is a policy that effectively discriminates against certain groups for the benefit of other groups. The intent of such a policy is to "even the playing field." The actual result, however, is that less qualified individuals unfairly gain access to employment, education, groups, etc at the expense of more qualified individuals. But this does not even begin to address the true underpinnings of discrimination. The result of affirmative action, or discrimination, is that those in the "target" groups that affirmative action is supposed to help might obtain credentials that are then questioned (fairly or unfairly) but others who wonder if their success was a product of talent and hard-work or of government-sponsorsored discrimination - ie affirmative action. So, the result is that affirmative action actually LEADS to stereotyping, the underpinning of discrimination. Affirmative Action should absolutely be eliminated. Fairness is not unilateral - the only way to address problems of discrimination is by even-ing the playing field for all. Education and free markets are the solution.
How do you use affirmative action in a sentence?
Affirmative action is about farming
What employers are subject to affirmative action?
what employer are subject to affirmative action
Is weak affirmative action morally defensible?
No affirmative action is morally defensible.
When was Chinese for Affirmative Action created?
Chinese for Affirmative Action was created in 1969.
IS Arizona an affirmative action state?
Arizona currently allows Affirmative Action, but in 2008 & again in 2010, there are ballot measures to ban Affirmative Action practices.
What is Affurmative Action?
Affirmative Action
When was Affirmative Action Around the World created?
Affirmative Action Around the World was created in 2004.
Did African Americans have to face affirmative action?
The question is unclear. Affirmative action is aimed at compensating for the perceived disadvantages of one group. African-Americans are traditionally the beneficiaries of Affirmative action.
When was affirmative action put into action?
1965
How many pages does Affirmative Action Around the World have?
Affirmative Action Around the World has 239 pages.
What is the term used that gives minorities equal opportunities in hiring?
Affirmative Action
Which state attempted to ban all forms of affirmative action?
California banned all forms of affirmative action
