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Affirmative action   Listen
noun
affirmative action  n.  
1.
A policy of making active efforts to improve the employment or educational opportunities available to members of minority groups or women; achieved by employers or schools by using various techniques, but excluding the use of simple quotas or outright discrimination against white males. Note: affirmative action is required by law for certain employers in the United States.






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