What Are the Two Characteristics of Affirmative Action Programs

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Multiple Choice

What are the two characteristics of affirmative action programs?

• A) Taking race into account as one factor among others that can be used in such things as hiring decisions or college admissions and imposing strict quotas on the admission/hiring of Whites
• B) Establishing minimum quotas for the inclusion of minority groups and giving preference solely on the basis of race or ethnicity
• C) Recruiting minorities from a wide base to ensure consideration of groups that have been traditionally overlooked and taking race into account as one factor among others that can be used in such things as hiring decisions or college admissions
• D) Recruiting minorities from a wide base to ensure consideration of groups that have been traditionally overlooked and placing decision making in the hands of oppressed minorities

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