affirmative action

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Affirmative action by the back door, some critics say.
有批评家指出，这是变相的平权行动。
This part of the California proposal has been met with little resistance. But a second aspect troubles critics of affirmative action.
这部分提议虽然在加州没遇到什么阻力，但计划的另一方面却令平权行动的批评者担忧。
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.
新的法律还要求加强对现有立法的肯定行动，规定到2017年，高级经理中必须至少有60%是南非黑人，目前这一比率是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.
比如反歧视性政策，比如工人们在大学的待遇，比如大学如何处理它和,周边社区，洲和国家的关系。
普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选
We will debate equality and inequality, affirmative action, free speech versus hate speech, same-sex marriage, military conscription, a range of practical questions.
我们将讨论平等与不平等，平权行动，自由言论与攻击性言论，同性婚姻，兵役制等一系列现实问题。
耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

Voters in Michigan responded by approving a 2006 ballot measure that banned affirmative action.
ECONOMIST: Forty years after the murder of Martin Luther King

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.