Affirmative Action


Affirmative Action



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Affirmative action (U.S. English), or Positive Discrimination (British English), is a policy or a program of giving certain preferences to certain (usually "under-represented") groups. This typically focuses on education, employment, government contracts, health care, or social welfare. It favors minorities and women in hiring and in admissions to colleges and universities in an attempt to compensate for past discrimination. Positive discrimination is illegal under U.K. law.

Proponents of affirmative action generally advocate it either as a means to address past discrimination or to enhance racial, ethnic, gender, or other diversity. [1] There is much debate concerning claims that it fails to achieve its desired goal, and that it has unintended and undesirable side-effects. There are also claims that the practice is itself racist and/or sexist.





Reading as Racial Harassment  -  29 May 2008
Intellectual Conservative,But that didn't stop the Affirmative Action Office of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis from branding me as a detestable Klansman.

Indian Gujjar Protests Bring Parts of Delhi to Halt (Update1)  -  29 May 2008
Bloomberg...belonging to the Gujjar community blocked roads, demanding more government jobs and college admission quotas under an affirmative action policy.

NUGS threatens action  -  29 May 2008
Joy Online,The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has threatened to take affirmative action if the government fails to pay feeding grants due Senior High Schools

The smog of academic consensus  -  29 May 2008
Los Angeles Times,It smacks of affirmative action and casts conservatism in the syntax of departments decried by conservatives for decades: women's studies, gay studies,

Treating minorities like mascots has ugly results  -  29 May 2008
DetNews.com,This was four years before the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and there was no such thing as affirmative action. It so happened that Milton Friedman had another

Engineer sues PPG claiming age, racial discrimination  -  29 May 2008
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,He is seeking an injunction against the company to require it to take affirmative action to adopt procedures in accordance with the Age Discrimination in

Office of Media Relations  -  29 May 2008
UC Los Angeles,...social and economic challenges facing African Americans cites a study by UCLA law professor Richard Sander on affirmative action policies at US law schools.

Gujjars take quota battle from Rajasthan to Delhi - and beyond ...  -  29 May 2008
Thaindian.com,...spent their morning stuck in jams as militant Gujjars took to the streets in their movement for affirmative action, paralysing road and train traffic.

Politicians like MP’s cooperatives minister are on the wrong side ...  -  29 May 2008
Indian Express,As they try to coerce unlawful concessions out of the government, they are doing a great disfavour to the Indian model of affirmative action, evolved over

Missouri: Anti-Affirmative Action Petition Defeated  -  May 28, 2008
Political Affairs Magazine,The campaign to defend affirmative action in Missouri differed from the legal challenges in Oklahoma in that it directly confronted the misleading

Webb: Affirmative Action Behind Obama Woes  -  May 21, 2008
ABC NewsJim Webb (D), who has not made a 2008 endorsement, blamed antipathy towards affirmative action -- and not racism -- on Wednesday for Barack Obama's lack of

Nigeria: We Want 50 Percent Affirmative Action, Women Leader Tells ...  -  May 22, 2008
AllAfrica.com,The visit was to seek the support of the First Lady for the entrenchment of 30 per ent affirmative action in the constitution as it is being reviewed.

Obama and Affirmative Action  -  May 14, 2008
Atlantic OnlineRichard Kahlenberg observes that it would be politically savvy of Barack Obama to embrace a shift toward class-based affirmative action and that the logic

Group fails to get enough signatures for anti-affirmative action ...  -  May 4, 2008
Kansas City Star,By CHRIS BLANK AP JEFFERSON CITY | A group seeking to bar many state affirmative action programs has missed a Sunday deadline to submit its initiative

Opponents and Supporters of Affirmative Action Debate Use of Race ...  -  May 21, 2008
Diverse,...by Michelle J. Nealy A candid discussion on race-conscious college admissions policies and affirmative action ruffled feathers, as representatives from both

Limbaugh on Dem primary: If "feminazis" had remembered to oppose ...  -  May 21, 2008
Media Matters for America,Limbaugh then said, "They forgot affirmative action for black guys. And because of that, every bit of their plan has gone up in smoke now, because they

guest commentary Affirmative action in Colorado  -  May 20, 2008
Denver Post,As this event approaches, Coloradoans will engage the debate over affirmative action that has roiled American politics for more than 40 years.

James Webb, Barack Obama, and Affirmative Action [Roger Clegg]  -  May 22, 2008
National Review Online Blogs,...white folks in his neck of the woods, saying that Obama’s lack of support there is not because of race, but because of disgust with affirmative action.

Diversity on Affirmative Action for Law Schools  -  May 5, 2008
Wall Street JournalI can accept the argument in favor of affirmative action for undergrads. However, when discussing graduate school and especially professions such as

Arizona ground zero in anti-affirmative-action group's initiative ...  -  May 10, 2008
Arizona Republic,After failing to get anti-affirmative-action initiatives on the ballots in Missouri and Oklahoma, California businessman Ward Connerly may be shifting his

Barack Obama Sees Dead People  -  May 27, 2008
RushLimbaugh.com (subscription),I mean, he's affirmative action guy. It's that he is not educated. That's why all the gaffes. He is not educated. I believe he doesn't know what Memorial

Ex-Lebanese PM, affirmative action hold key to MTN  -  May 8, 2008
Business Standard,Mittal also has to face stiff affirmative action laws. Banking circles said the complex rules require companies to vest at least 25 per cent of their equity

America's Ethnic Minorities and Affirmative Action  -  May 20, 2008
OhmyNews International,But it is also a political commentary about one of the most controversial issues of our time: affirmative action. It’sa story intended to provoke serious

Ban on Affirmative Action Petitions Are Being Circulated in Omaha ...  -  May 21, 2008
Associated Content,These partners have banded together in order to deal with a proposed ban on affirmative action in Nebraska. There is an amendment to Nebraska's Constitution

Affirmative action does not create equal opportunities: FF Plus  -  May 20, 2008
Citizen,JOHANNESBURG - The current laws of affirmative action do not create equal opportunities for all South Africans, the Freedom Front Plus said on Tuesday.

Black Diamonds and the culture of putting local blacks first  -  May 26, 2008
Thought Leader,Over the last ten years, especially with the advent of Affirmative Action and Black Economic Empowerment, we have cut ourselves from ‘our people’ and failed

Namibia: Mun Warns of National Strike  -  May 28, 2008
AllAfrica.com,According to him, Skorpion Zinc contravened labour laws and the Affirmative Action Act. "The company's annual affirmative action reports have been rejected

Women for U-15  -  May 27, 2008
The Nation Newspaper,The move is part of a drive by the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) to institute "affirmative action" for women's cricket after the board of management

Barack Obama and Affirmative Action  -  May 12, 2008
Inside Higher Ed,In the fall campaign, however, Obama’s suggestion that he may be ready to change the focus of affirmative action policies in higher education — away from

Anti-Affirmative Action Ballot Initiatives Hit Roadblocks  -  May 16, 2008
Ms. Magazine,Ward Connerly’s efforts to place anti-affirmative action initiatives of the November ballots in five states have hit roadblocks.

Class-based affirmative action would be worse  -  May 15, 2008
American Thinker,I strongly disagree with this notion, now being advance by a nominally conservative publication that "class based" affirmative action is better,

Obama and affirmative action  -  May 13, 2008
American Thinker,Richard D. Kahlenberg makes the case for Barack Obama winning over white working class voters by turning against race-based affirmative action programs in

Missouri Defeats Deceptive Anti-Affirmative Action Ballot Initiative  -  May 17, 2008
Political Affairs Magazine,..."Civil Rights" Initiative failed to turn in signatures which would have placed a constitutional ban on affirmative action on the November ballot.

The price of promoting conservative thought  -  May 28, 2008
The Week DailyWhen anti-affirmative action conservatives start “demanding affirmative action for themselves,� said Barron YoungSmith in The New Republic’s The Plank blog,

A touch of class  -  May 23, 2008
Guardian Unlimited,The issue is affirmative action, America's system of certain preferences in employment and college admissions for people of colour and women,

Black Chamber opposes proposal to curb affirmative action.  -  May 12, 2008
Denver Post,The Colorado Black Chamber of Commerce announced its opposition Monday to a ballot initiative that would eliminate affirmative action in state hiring,

Longwood takes affirmative action on oaths of office Longwood ...  -  May 18, 2008
Orlando Sentinel,God will stay on the books, but Longwood officials could stop swearing during their oaths of office. The city clerk has recommended that the commission

guest commentary Asian-Americans and affirmative action  -  May 6, 2008
Denver Post,By Harvey Gee In February, law professors Robert Nagel and Melissa Hart debated about affirmative action in a panel discussion at the University of Colorado

SAG settles affirmative action dispute  -  May 13, 2008
Variety,By DAVE MCNARY With a US Supreme Court hearing due to take place later this week, SAG and its former director of affirmative action have reached a

Anti-Affirmative Action Ballot Initiative Defeated in Missouri  -  May 8, 2008
Feminist Majority FoundationThe campaign to place a ban on affirmative action on Missouri's November state ballot failed to produce enough signatures by the required deadline on Sunday

Affirmative action fails to address larger education crisis  -  May 6, 2008
Paly Voice,4, which extended affirmative action beyond the institutions permitted under Order No. 4, was sensible; in fact, the executive branch should have

Affirmative Action or Passive Participation in Perpetuating ...  -  May 4, 2008
Black Enterprise,By Bradley, Patricia C Affirmative action should not be regarded as nihilistic. We should not abandon all attempts to set standards, nor should we hire and

Activist: White men benefit from end of affirmative action  -  May 1, 2008
KPTM-TV,...(AP) - Anti-racism activist Tim Wise says white men would benefit from a ban on affirmative action. A petition drive is under way in Nebraska to get a

Another 55-Year-Old White Woman for Obama  -  May 28, 2008
Huffington Post,Why would women, who had been assured equal opportunity under affirmative action, vote for such a measure? According to those who conducted interviews with

When Clinton killed affirmative action  -  May 5, 2008
Louisiana Weekly,We had just gone through three Republican administrations who illustrated a disdain for affirmative action. However, the Civil Rights Act was renewed.

The real answer to affirmative action  -  May 5, 2008
Arizona Daily Wildcat,The conservative attack on affirmative action is popular for a reason, and the reason is simply that the policy, whatever its benefits, is fundamentally

An Odd Argument Against Affirmative Action [Robert VerBruggen]  -  May 6, 2008
National Review Online Blogs,On the left, it raises the question of whether any policy, including affirmative action, should be based on race. I don't know where those questions will

Program explores work diversity  -  May 24, 2008
The Times and Democrat,Cheryl Behymer, attorney with Fisher & Phillips and one of the participants in the program, defined affirmative action as a moral and social responsibility

Barbados women to play in boys' league  -  May 28, 2008
CricInfo.com,...the chairman of the West Indies board’s women’s committee, Jeff Broomes told Nationsport. We have to take affirmative action to help women's cricket."

Multistate Campaign Against Affirmative Action Gets Scaled Back Again  -  May 5, 2008
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)By PETER SCHMIDT Ward Connerly's drive to turn this November's election into a "Super Tuesday" on affirmative action has been dealt another blow,

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