Affirmative Action Is a Policy That Requires

Affirmative action is a policy that requires

A) "equal employment" opportunities for all federal workers.
B) that the "best person" for the job be hired without regard to race, color, or creed.
C) public and private organizations to provide preferential hiring schemes to make up for past imbalances in the work force.
D) public and private organizations to abolish only overt discriminatory hiring practices.