Which of the following arguments is used in support of affirmative action?
A) Affirmative action violates the principle that people be judged as individuals.
B) Affirmative action benefits those within each preferred group who are already advantaged and need little help.
C) Affirmative action seeks to remedy the effects of past discrimination by discriminating against others today simply because they belong to nonpreferred groups.
D) Affirmative action increases intergroup and interracial tension by heightening the saliency of group membership.
E) People from disadvantaged groups will improve themselves only if they have experience with successful role models in important institutions.
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