Affirmative action

- A policy or a program that seeks to redress past discrimination through active measures to ensure equal opportunity, as in education and employment. (Dictionary.com)
- Brodkin says that the GI Bill was affirmative action because it was aimed at and disproportionately helped male, Euro-origin GIs (“How Jews Became White Folks and What That Says about Race in America”, page 45).
- Brodkin also says that the GI benefits were not extended to African Americans or to women of any race (“How Jews Became White Folks and What That Says about Race in America”, page 45).