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An affirmative action policy encourages employers to________

a) hire women and minorities ahead of other similarly qualified individuals

B) hire only women and minorities

C) give no consideration at all to a job applicant’s race or gender

D) discriminate against women and minorities

Answer :

Answer:

C) give no consideration at all to a job applicant’s race or gender

Explanation:

Affirmative action is a policy to encourage equal opportunity

and to level the playing field for groups of people who have been and

are discriminated against. According to the Equal Employment

Opportunity Commission, affirmative action "is considered essential to

assuring that jobs are genuinely and equally accessible to qualified

persons, without regard to their sex, racial, or ethnic

characteristics."

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