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What's the difference between positive racial discrimination and traditional racial discrimination?

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    Lv 6
    8 years ago

    discriminate means to set apart

    to discriminat positively on racial grounds would be what "Affirmative Action" does

    it is meant to swing the advantage to the favor of those, against whom the odds are already stacked by other factors. to even theings out a bit.

    traditional discrimination is negative

    the positive is meant to cancel out the negative

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