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Affirmative action in medicine
Current Surgery, 2000The phrase “affirmative action” implies different things to different people. To some people, it means “reverse discrimination,” “unfair advantage,” or “preferential admissions.” To other people, it may represent “overdue retribution,” a “necessary evil” or a “deserved opportunity.” The culmination of all of the different interpretations complicates ...
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2023
Abstract There was a brief period when affirmative action (a small-tent remedy) was a way to create greater educational opportunities for blacks in America. But that ship has sailed. It now faces impassable judicial headwinds. Charting a course toward a realistic blacktopia begins with understanding why we must forget about race-based ...
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Abstract There was a brief period when affirmative action (a small-tent remedy) was a way to create greater educational opportunities for blacks in America. But that ship has sailed. It now faces impassable judicial headwinds. Charting a course toward a realistic blacktopia begins with understanding why we must forget about race-based ...
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Since its introduction 12 years ago, affirmative action has become an increasingly controversial policy to address labour market inequalities in South Africa. In this article BEN ROBERTS, GINA WEIR-SMITH and VASU REDDY examine the reactions of the South African public to affirmative action, the factors influencing these perceptions, and whether they ...
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2018
The debate over affirmative action is rife with historical amnesia and conceptual confusion. To understand affirmative action, one must see it in its proper context, which means understanding its original purpose and rationale. In addition, some criticisms of affirmative action turn out not to be well founded empirically, such as the “mismatch thesis,”
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The debate over affirmative action is rife with historical amnesia and conceptual confusion. To understand affirmative action, one must see it in its proper context, which means understanding its original purpose and rationale. In addition, some criticisms of affirmative action turn out not to be well founded empirically, such as the “mismatch thesis,”
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On the equivalence of two competing affirmative actions in school choice
Operations Research Letters, 2022Yun Liu
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