Affirmative action

Affirmative action

A policy to increase representation from people in groups believed to have suffered discrimination.

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affirmative action

Business services; Human resources

Carried out on behalf of women and disadvantaged groups and members of such groups are placed in dominant positions.

affirmative action

Sociology; General sociology

Governmental policy and programs that grant preference to minorities in order to make-up for past and present discrimination. The purpose of affirmative action is to achieve ...

affirmative action

Political systems; Slavery

A policy to increase representation from people in groups believed to have suffered discrimination.

affirmative action

Government; American government

Policy or program designed to redress historic injustices committed against racial minorities and other specified groups by making special efforts to provide members of these ...

affirmative action

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A program or policy intended to correct the effects of past discrimination in employment, education, housing, etc. Usually affirmative action in the united states includes ...

affirmative action

Politics; U.S. politics

Laws mandating increased numbers of women and minorities, especially in employment.

Afro-centric

Political systems; Slavery

A philosophical and theoretical perspective from an African point of view; it challenges Africa's philosophical, economical and cultural marginalization by the West.

Akan

Political systems; Slavery

Akan people are members of an ethnic group from areas of Ghana and the Ivory Coast, in West Africa, who share a common culture and language.

Albany Movement

Political systems; Slavery

On November 1, 1961, SNCC and the local NAACP tried to desegregate the train stations and bus depots in Albany, Georgia. Albany Police Chief Laurie Pritchett had the demonstrators ...

American Anti-Slavery Society

Political systems; Slavery

Organization founded in Philadelphia in 1833 by Theodore Weld, an evangelical Christian who was opposed to the more radical views of William Lloyd Garrison of Boston. This society ...