Er... Let me quote the definition of affirmative action you gave me.
"Any measure, beyond simple termination of a discriminatory practice, that permits the consideration of race, national origin, sex, or disability, along with other criteria and which is adopted to provide opportunities to a class of qualified individuals who have either historically or actually been denied those opportunities and/or to prevent the recurrence of discrimination in the future."
What part of that definition am I contradicting? Outreach = encouraging more PoC/women to apply, for instance by recruiting in inner-city schools or starting female-focused engineering summer programs. It does not use a protected class as a criteria for consideration in admissions/hiring. TASS is a great example of how to promote outreach without being discriminatory. On the flip side, some colleges have multicultural-focused pre-orientation programming both mixed and separate (the latter, a new opt-in program directed specifically at domestic white students, has generated quite a bit of controversy).
I'm not sure really sure of what context you are specifically pointing out in your many links. Could you explain/summarize your point there?
Quotas are illegal, as are "point" systems. I don't know whether they have ever been implemented, although I'm wary of the thin line between "goal" and "mandate." Regardless, watch your language in my journal.
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"Any measure, beyond simple termination of a discriminatory practice, that permits the consideration of race, national origin, sex, or disability, along with other criteria and which is adopted to provide opportunities to a class of qualified individuals who have either historically or actually been denied those opportunities and/or to prevent the recurrence of discrimination in the future."
What part of that definition am I contradicting? Outreach = encouraging more PoC/women to apply, for instance by recruiting in inner-city schools or starting female-focused engineering summer programs. It does not use a protected class as a criteria for consideration in admissions/hiring. TASS is a great example of how to promote outreach without being discriminatory. On the flip side, some colleges have multicultural-focused pre-orientation programming both mixed and separate (the latter, a new opt-in program directed specifically at domestic white students, has generated quite a bit of controversy).
I'm not sure really sure of what context you are specifically pointing out in your many links. Could you explain/summarize your point there?
Quotas are illegal, as are "point" systems. I don't know whether they have ever been implemented, although I'm wary of the thin line between "goal" and "mandate." Regardless, watch your language in my journal.