Kennedy issued Executive Order 10925 in 1960 which compelled federal contractors to institute hiring policies that do not discriminate against the underrepresented based on race, creed, color or national origin. Mentioned are the political and legal challenges and the actions of courts, legislature, ...
O.K.All right, fine, correct, satisfactory; also,okay, okey-dokey. The origin of this saying has been the subject of much controversy among etymologists. One explanation traces it to a group of witty Bostonian writers who reveled in abbreviating ludicrously misspelled words. Their only abbrev...
When approaching a prompt like this, there are some things to take into consideration. The most important of these things is what aspects of your background you choose to write about. Your background or communities you are part of can include ethnicity/race, country of origin, language, gende...
On July 21, 1997, the Regents of the University of California endorsed a resolution, SP-1, a new policy ensuring equal treatment in admissions. It stated that "the University of California shall not use race, religion, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin as criteria for admission to th...
a.An inherent similarity between persons or things:"The genius of the Afro-Cubans lay in recognizing the affinity between swing-era jazz and their own tradition"(Gene Santoro). b.BiologyA relationship or resemblance in structure between species that suggests a common origin. ...
Sure, diversity includes different ethnicities/races, gender identities, sexual orientations, countries of origin, and languages, but writing out a laundry list of how you identify within each of those categories will make your essay feel like a census report, not a personal reflection. Instead, ...
The authors, in order to sift through the increasingly muddy waters of affirmative action, provide an overview of the development of permissible preferential treatment based on race, national origin, or gender in the forty years since Title VII was enacted. The article discusses the state of the...
Affirmative action is a policy that favors employment or educational enrollment to groups that have faced historical/ongoing discrimination. These groups are usually based on race, color, ethnicity or origin, sexual orientation, and sex. The idea is to increase employment/educational opportunities to ...
3.To assign the origin of. v.intr. To become closely connected or associated:The two unions voted to affiliate. n.(-ē-ĭt, -āt′) A person, organization, or establishment associated with another as a subordinate, subsidiary, or member:network affiliates. ...