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'''Affirmative action''' is a term describing policies, programs, and laws intended to boost ethnic [[Minority|minorities]], particularly as applied within the [[United States]] federal goverment.  However, in implementation, affirmative action is an area in which government policy is contradictory.

'''Affirmative action''' is a term describing policies, programs, and laws intended to boost ethnic [[Minority|minorities]], particularly as applied within the [[United States]] federal government.  However, in implementation, affirmative action is an area in which government policy is contradictory.

The law of the United States is non-discrimination: the concept that race, sex, ethnicity, skin color, or country of national origin are not criteria which should be used in job selection, education opportunities, etc.  The original concept of affirmative action was that it is desirable to not merely act on non-discrimination passively (i.e., saying "this job is open to any applicant", but then making no efforts to find minority applicants), but should also be done ''affirmatively'', by taking definite actions to find applicants from minorities.  This would be, in its way, admirable.   

The law of the United States is non-discrimination: the concept that race, sex, ethnicity, skin color, or country of national origin are not criteria which should be used in job selection, education opportunities, etc.  The original concept of affirmative action was that it is desirable to not merely act on non-discrimination passively (i.e., saying "this job is open to any applicant", but then making no efforts to find minority applicants), but should also be done ''affirmatively'', by taking definite actions to find applicants from minorities.  This would be, in its way, admirable.