Affirmative Action 10

Title: Affirmative Action 10
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Affirmative Action 10

Affirmative Action The history of affirmative action has its roots in the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act provided the initial legal basis for affirmative action for women in the workplace. Affirmative action is a policy to encourage equal opportunity and to level the playing field for groups of people who have been and are discriminated against. According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, affirmative action, "Is considered essential to …showed first 75 words of 2068 total…

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