There should be MORE CATEGORIES FOR THIS. Affirmative Action has become A PERVERSION of what it was intended to be. When Affirmative Action was first adopted, it was to be AN EMPLOYER MAKING A CONSCIOUS EFFORT TO CORRECT THE PAST EFFECTS OF DISCRIMINATION/ SEGREGATION, RESULTING IN UNDER-REPRESENTATION, THROUGH MAKING A BONA FIDE DOCUMENTED EFFORT TO HIRE QUALIFIED MINORITIES FOR A POSITION. This included the use of recruitment agencies, ads in newspapers stating that the "__________is an Equal Opportunity Employer", and national searches depending of course on the IMPORTANCE of the position-you can't expect someone to conduct a national search for a fry-cook at a ...