Affirmative action allows educational institutions and employers to
A) ?give special preferences to disadvantaged groups.
B) ?set strict quotas for the number of minorities they will hire.
C) ?guarantee that a woman must be hired for the next job opening.
D) disregard disadvantaged status, all other things being equal.
E) ?hire completely based on minority status, rather than qualifications.
A
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