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a policy or program designed to counter discrimination against minority groups and women in areas such as employment and education

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Since the colonizers crossed over the ocean to what is the US now, the treatment of minorities have been atrocious. They were oppressed by being kept uneducated, many slaves were beat and even killed if they knew how to read. As time went on minorities continued to be oppressed and continued to face systematic racism. The civil rights movement of the 1950's and 60's helped people of color, women, and people with disabilities to have a better chance at equal rights that white males received and continue receiving.

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People of color do not have the same opportunities as white people in many different aspects in life, this is how affirmative action helps level the playing field. Affirmative action is essential to the lives of people of color in America so they justly compete with their White counterparts in the workforce and higher education.

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The way affirmative action works in high education is that schools reach out more to towards underprivileged minorities as well as women. The recruiters these schools go out to low socio economic areas to try entice students who meet or are close to meeting their requirements to go to their school. There are also many more scholarships available for minorities, women and individuals with disabilities

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In the work place it is similar companies try to be more inclusive towards people of color. However In both higher education and the work place the use of quotas are prohibited.

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Thanks for listening!!

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Oluo, Ijeoma. So You Want to Talk about Race. Seal Press, Berkeley, CA. 2018.
“Affirmative Action.” The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, The Leadership Conference , 16 June 2017,