Who Started Affirmative Action?

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The phrase 'affirmative action' first came to light during the presidency of John F Kennedy. He made it a requirement in his 1961 Executive Order. For more information look here: http://www.now.org/nnt/08-95/affirmhs.html

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Who Started Affirmative Action?

The phrase "affirmative action" first came to light during the presidency of John F Kennedy. He made it a requirement in his 1961 Executive Order. For more information look

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When Did Affirmative Action Start?

Affirmative action is the practice that takes things like ethnicity, race or gender into account to promote equality. Affirmative action was put into use in 1964. Although, it wasn't

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When was Affirmative Action Created?

The term "affirmative action" was first used in 1961 to describe U.S. government policy to eliminate discrimination against minorities. Since then, however, affirmative

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Why is Affirmative Action Bad?

I don't believe it is bad. It is just difficult as it seems like an idea that favors one over the other. That is its biggest problem.

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