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American history is filled with several examples of racial and sexual discrimination against women and minority who are ranging from voting new laws to admissions of hiring new policies. In order to help others to rectify such historical inequalities that are suffered by both minorities and women, the president of America had come up with an executive order that will mandate those non-discriminatory policies that are associated with gender, religion and race. There are several companies that now have affirmative action as part of the business models but the practice is still controversial as it could create disadvantages and advantages both. And in this post, that is exactly what we are going to tell you. Keep reading to find out more about affirmative action, its program and the current advantages and disadvantages of affirmative action.