is a term used to describe federal initiatives that require people responsible for providing economic and educational opportunities to consider a candidate's race, sex, or disability, especially if the individual's minority affiliation has suffered past discrimination. It has done an incredible favor by allowing opportunities for those who have been historically denied equal opportunity. was not intended to be a quota system, but has been abused by administrators--particularly those who are opposed to it. is a question of morals. The simpli ....