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.
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"
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 decis
a policy designed to redress past discrimination against women and minority groups through measures to improve their economic and educational opportunities
