Definisjon av affirmative action

Vi fant 3 definisjoner av affirmative actionengelsk.

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Noun

affirmative action - 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 Bakke decision"
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affirmative action - 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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  • affirmative action
    A policy that takes factors including race, color, religion, sex or national origin into consideration in order to benefit an underrepresented group, usually as a means to counter discrimination.

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