Define affirmative action.
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Affirmative action is an equal employment policy that specifically attempts to correct historic discrimination of certain groups by actively recruiting, hiring, and promoting them. Generally implemented in large public agencies and government contractors to compensate historically excluded and underrepresented groups such as women, people of color, people with disabilities and LGBTQI+ individuals.
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Define affirmative action.
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Affirmative action is a set of policies and practices in which preference is given to individuals belonging to racial, ethnic, cultural, religious, and gender identity groups that are underrepresented in a particular institution. Its primary goal is to reduce inequality and expand opportunities for diverse population groups. These polices can take many forms such as recruitment targets, set-asides and quotas. Affirmative action gives preferential treatment or "special consideration" to groups in order provide them with equal access to opportunities they may not have had otherwise.
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Define affirmative action.