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FOR Affirmative ACTION What is affirmative action' Affirmative action is defined as a tool to monitor the consequences of employment practices. Affirmative action analyses determine whether employment practices result in a diverse applicant pool. The following quote by the former United States Secretary of Labor, Robert Reich, seems to summarize the government's perception of this sensitive subject: An Affirmative Action Plan is a “careful, systematic analysis of who you’ve got, who’s out there, and how you are going to broaden opportunity. The plan creates opportunity. It’s not a quota machine. The purpose of goals and timetables in Affirmative Action Plans is to get employers to cast a wider net to find qualified applicants.” Throughout the history of the United States of America the intense and controversial view of "equality" has been a hot topic. With that in mind, our founding fathers of this great country set forth the three theories of what every citizen should be entitled to; freedom, order and equality. Their perception of what equality meant has taken on many different definitions as we as a society have evolved and changed. As a human being and especially as a citizen of the United States of America, I believe that civil rights affirmative, action, order, issued, executive, discrimination, race, employment, court, rights, president, education, civil, united, supreme, states, state, program, admissions, act, ruling, programs, people, minority, minorities, government, federal, equality, educational, california, within, reagan, purpose, plan, orders