Affirmative Action
Affirmative action can be defined as any policy that seeks to benefit an underrepresented group. The word group here is used to stand for either a certain race, religion, color, sex or even a national origin (Gollands,2008). Affirmative action basically aims at reversing the effects of discrimination. Affirmative action policies are made to increase the participation of women and minorities in the society in fields related to employment, business and education. Affirmative action clearly reverses discrimination in many countries which adopt and implement these policies (Gollands,2008). A case ...