affirmative action

policy of promoting members of groups that have previously suffered from discrimination
Legislation social_policy Q214244
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affirmative action

Summary

affirmative action is a social policy[1]. It draws 2,195 Wikipedia views per month (social_policy category, ranking #1 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • affirmative action's instance of is recorded as social policy[3].
  • affirmative action is a type of discrimination[4].
  • affirmative action is a type of anti-discrimination[5].
  • affirmative action's Commons category is recorded as Affirmative action[6].
  • affirmative action's said to be the same as is recorded as reverse discrimination[7].
  • affirmative action is the opposite of anti–affirmative action[8].
  • affirmative action comprises men quota[9].
  • affirmative action comprises gender quota[10].
  • affirmative action's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Affirmative action[11].
  • affirmative action's described by source is recorded as Soziolinguistika Hiztegia[12].
  • affirmative action's described by source is recorded as Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy[13].
  • affirmative action's described by source is recorded as Red Blue Translator[14].
  • affirmative action's different from is recorded as equality of treatment[15].
  • affirmative action's studied by is recorded as sociolinguistics[16].

Why It Matters

affirmative action draws 2,195 Wikipedia views per month (social_policy category, ranking #1 of 5).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

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  12. [14] . allsides.com. allsides.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Described by source Soziolinguistika Hiztegia, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Red Blue Translator
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