Affirmative Action
Date Submitted: 06/18/2002 00:43:58
Category: / Society & Culture / Religion
Length: 6 pages (1603 words)
Category: / Society & Culture / Religion
Length: 6 pages (1603 words)
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
INTRODUCTION
Affirmative action is the name of an American social practice through which members of historically disadvantaged racial and/or ethnic groups are given preferential treatment in an effort to compensate for past harm caused to their ancestors. For thirty years, affirmative action was carefully shielded from open, honest evaluation while it simultaneously grew more pervasive along with the federal bureaucracy and welfare state. The recent political upheaval caused by the Republican takeover …
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