affirmative action

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Affirmative action by the back door, some critics say.
有批評家指出，這是變相的平權行動。
This part of the California proposal has been met with little resistance. But a second aspect troubles critics of affirmative action.
這部分提議雖然在加州沒遇到什麽阻力，但計劃的另一方麪卻令平權行動的批評者擔憂。
The new laws also seek to tighten existing legislation on affirmative action, decreeing that black South Africans must constitute at least 60% of senior management by 2017, up from 26% at present.
新的法律還要求加強對現有立法的肯定行動，槼定到2017年，高級經理中必須至少有60%是南非黑人，目前這一比率是26%。

And if we do get affirmative action, then I hope that we will have an agreement that we can send to the (IAEA) board of governors."
And so things like affirmative action, things such as how should university treat its workers, how should university treat its surrounding community, state, the nation.
比如反歧眡性政策，比如工人們在大學的待遇，比如大學如何処理它和,周邊社區，洲和國家的關系。
普林斯頓公開課 - 人性課程節選
We will debate equality and inequality, affirmative action, free speech versus hate speech, same-sex marriage, military conscription, a range of practical questions.
我們將討論平等與不平等，平權行動，自由言論與攻擊性言論，同性婚姻，兵役制等一系列現實問題。
耶魯公開課 - 公正課程節選

Voters in Michigan responded by approving a 2006 ballot measure that banned affirmative action.
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If a government or an organization takes affirmative action, it gives preference to women, black people, or other groups that are often treated unfairly, when it is choosing people for a job.

Affirmative action is the policy of giving jobs and other opportunities to members of groups such as racial minorities or women who might not otherwise have them.