affirmative action

<ethics, political thought> a policy of providing reverse preferences favoring members of classes previously disadvantaged to compensate victims of previous racial and sexual discrimination, to remedy lingering effects of such discrimination, or to combat ongoing institutionalized and unintentional discriminatory practices.

[Philosophical Glossary]

<2001-05-29>

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