About: affirmative action

Premodifier: affirmative
Head noun: action

Same concepts
http://dbpedia.org/resource/Affirmative_action

Broader concepts

label	provenance	confidence
social issue	isap:114570849	0.924839
controversial issue	isap:114570847	0.910897
important issue	isap:114570846	0.904534
hot-button issue	isap:114570848	0.900003
contentious issue	isap:114570850	0.887583
key issue	isap:114570860	0.887233
program	isap:439685114	0.877174
civil rights protection	isap:20425416	0.870057
liberal cause	isap:121991263	0.859184
policy	isap:395614129	0.858127
divisive issue	isap:114570870	0.853685
hot-button political issue	isap:114570889	0.852918
important social issue	isap:114570861	0.852692
racist policy	isap:395614131	0.850650
topic	isap:117112832	0.849447
initiative	isap:18625327	0.845196
government program	isap:439685119	0.841173
subject	isap:446238271	0.835612
cause	isap:121991258	0.833196
effort	isap:393161846	0.831459
fundamental issue	isap:114570871	0.829667
government policy	isap:395614133	0.828517
political issue	isap:114570851	0.824666
discriminatory practice	isap:105920789	0.823490
racist practice	isap:105920780	0.822994
issue	isap:114570845	0.820809
practice	isap:105920764	0.813629
current issue	isap:114570887	0.810569
swing vote on issue	isap:489939839	0.810441
matter	isap:386424348	0.809852
entitlement program	isap:439685124	0.809740
social program	isap:439685118	0.809684
hot-button topic	isap:117112843	0.809241
diversity initiative	isap:18625329	0.809118
charge issue	isap:114570854	0.805399
equal opportunity program	isap:439685125	0.799991
reform	isap:396804818	0.797342
concern	isap:443110279	0.796904
thing	isap:117717164	0.793232
divisive social issue	isap:114570940	0.786760
civil rights law	isap:403390386	0.781672
hot-button social issue	isap:114570881	0.780123
minority	isap:99765893	0.779499
controversy	isap:453621344	0.769873
controversial subject	isap:446238273	0.766615
term	isap:489726190	0.765448
means	isap:123533943	0.763611
asian-american community	isap:424262624	0.763434
special consideration	isap:22652489	0.763301
race-specific policy	isap:395614153	0.761305
race-targeted policy	isap:395614164	0.760903
government mandate	isap:442455030	0.756914
several civil rights issue	isap:114570897	0.756698
special privilege	isap:422867126	0.755919
race-based policy	isap:395614148	0.755511
discrimination issue	isap:114570915	0.753507
progressive program	isap:439685129	0.752084
such program	isap:439685122	0.750083
employment issue	isap:114570927	0.749840
liberal policy	isap:395614149	0.748821
equality program	isap:439685162	0.747081
racial policy	isap:395614178	0.745918
target program	isap:439685168	0.745371
controversial topic	isap:117112838	0.745086
workplace issue	isap:114570958	0.744873
racist	isap:397298805	0.744425
social policy	isap:395614137	0.743068
complex issue	isap:114570872	0.742961
remedy	isap:397592467	0.742467
public policy	isap:395614139	0.741691
social measure	isap:442829869	0.741630
such policy	isap:395614168	0.741326
racial issue	isap:114570857	0.740983
specific issue	isap:114570869	0.739972
gender issue	isap:114570914	0.739076
government entitlement	isap:452211938	0.738848
private sector	isap:392625108	0.737816
social justice	isap:442429669	0.736673
action	isap:387367527	0.736064
controversial policy	isap:395614163	0.734431
form of reverse discrimination	isap:491692841	0.734033
system	isap:396795874	0.729975
contentious social issue	isap:114570951	0.726124
related topic	isap:117112854	0.725009
other issue	isap:114570856	0.722212
sacred cow	isap:403359823	0.720476
white people	isap:391998629	0.716636
policy issue	isap:114570862	0.713964
racial preference	isap:18334251	0.713747
race-related issue	isap:114570904	0.713722
diversity issue	isap:114570933	0.713362
such issue	isap:114570883	0.713032
contemporary issue	isap:114570875	0.711757
special measure	isap:442829867	0.709602
concept	isap:443109912	0.706675
education policy	isap:395614173	0.705584
form of reverse racism	isap:491692865	0.702070
woman	isap:113022519	0.701756
legal issue	isap:114570878	0.700242
similar program	isap:439685127	0.695585
good idea	isap:490542895	0.694049
legal requirement	isap:452720570	0.691980
benefit	isap:448429152	0.690754
human rights	isap:398740673	0.683260
form of racial discrimination	isap:491692864	0.679557
federal statute	isap:441035091	0.674590
employment	isap:18495557	0.673344
case	isap:491585208	0.670797
issue before the court	isap:114570903	0.668743
regulation	isap:18543681	0.667133
racial preference program	isap:439685172	0.664345
hot topic	isap:117112850	0.663622
aspect of social justice	isap:398964627	0.662936
measure	isap:442829817	0.660338
privilege	isap:422867125	0.659309
necessary evil	isap:491788177	0.658796
quota system	isap:396795875	0.658223
issue of concern	isap:114570961	0.657457
government	isap:18312078	0.652055
theme	isap:117701586	0.647837
civil rights movement	isap:100153202	0.640896
variety of issue	isap:440958906	0.638517
supreme court decision	isap:103967590	0.637165
racial profiling	isap:420673757	0.635428
kind of discrimination	isap:490779351	0.633286
injustice	isap:422159397	0.633157
abomination	isap:451376396	0.632780
government handout	isap:441525697	0.629887
civil rights	isap:398740666	0.629832
example	isap:447632837	0.629416
method	isap:387606500	0.623997
form of discrimination	isap:491692850	0.623282
equal opportunity	isap:451527117	0.623089
complicated issue	isap:114570895	0.621601
state	isap:115221667	0.617433
bandaid	isap:447433829	0.614557
color-blind society	isap:442331316	0.614423
sensitive issue	isap:114570898	0.612272
compensation	isap:69663022	0.609735
civil rights issue	isap:114570863	0.609182
euphemism	isap:424624846	0.608584
dormant issue	isap:114570924	0.607316
failed policy	isap:395614166	0.607316
type of discrimination	isap:489779870	0.604805
temporary measure	isap:442829858	0.604543
question	isap:101237110	0.604016
progressive cause	isap:121991288	0.603348
good policy	isap:395614147	0.601480
government intervention	isap:69430130	0.601392
major issue	isap:114570896	0.600899
bad policy	isap:395614140	0.599118
legislation	isap:452821924	0.597921
status quo	isap:403417088	0.596785
new policy	isap:395614152	0.594809
tactic	isap:385003202	0.594719
good thing	isap:117717166	0.592898
crime	isap:123985392	0.591102
factor	isap:397317881	0.590815
concession	isap:19583113	0.585203
hot issue	isap:114570943	0.582885
attempt	isap:446284135	0.581527
white supremacist	isap:452428384	0.580977
handout	isap:441525698	0.578524
strategy	isap:104496319	0.577022
racist program	isap:439685140	0.576063
wonderful thing	isap:117717251	0.573695
form	isap:491692848	0.572422
redress	isap:442106517	0.569411
reason	isap:396252461	0.569314
serious issue	isap:114570932	0.566339
society	isap:442331313	0.561840
class	isap:122702799	0.561601
gain	isap:490300716	0.561493
wedge issue	isap:114570901	0.560416
dead issue	isap:114570900	0.555780
law	isap:403390367	0.555147
area	isap:491204295	0.552816
policies	isap:106563294	0.552738
bad thing	isap:117717199	0.548831
reverse discrimination	isap:471733490	0.547145
programme	isap:421688809	0.546603
bad idea	isap:490542898	0.545941
organization	isap:70029090	0.545602
conservative	isap:69176472	0.545594
equality	isap:104493240	0.541950
provision	isap:425318679	0.535141
liberal	isap:439551572	0.534831
intervention	isap:69430135	0.533232
court	isap:123834967	0.530694
hate crime	isap:123985397	0.528165
approach	isap:102045151	0.527012
unearned advantage	isap:422536235	0.526030
gender	isap:398294837	0.524376
development	isap:453527012	0.522410
race-conscious remedy	isap:397592493	0.521662
racism	isap:397298845	0.512443
social engineering	isap:453636741	0.508330
similar situation	isap:424503238	0.506737
agenda	isap:397707569	0.506101
mechanism	isap:421149481	0.503202
progress	isap:98547244	0.500484
tool	isap:489690693	0.500047
preference	isap:18334254	0.494092
idea	isap:490542897	0.491676
response	isap:102925112	0.490529
disgrace	isap:99115120	0.489417
work	isap:490043427	0.485326
judicial activism	isap:102370062	0.485124
democrat	isap:105707105	0.483922
opportunity	isap:451527109	0.483441
president	isap:423296518	0.482673
crutch	isap:387058921	0.482627
time	isap:489712761	0.480619
liberal view	isap:489933839	0.478471
education	isap:421038409	0.475123
standard	isap:103272670	0.473672
institutional racism	isap:397298848	0.472624
racial quota	isap:122746628	0.462823
instrument	isap:18435972	0.461295
attitude	isap:105973638	0.457169
job	isap:403396420	0.455889
necessity	isap:421858249	0.453109
racial discrimination	isap:471733493	0.452612
white male	isap:490613378	0.451808
movement	isap:100153226	0.447784
assistance	isap:19936565	0.443267
republican party	isap:116240558	0.440990
labor	isap:120901357	0.439966
solution	isap:105627453	0.436752
result	isap:398285870	0.435707
implementation	isap:471272044	0.435081
start	isap:115221258	0.434153
waste of resource	isap:123764417	0.433578
wealth	isap:390904738	0.432670
complex	isap:441831012	0.430055
discrimination	isap:471733489	0.428176
institution	isap:453214655	0.424320
reverse racism	isap:397298847	0.421298
federal	isap:447658318	0.420188
position	isap:100666020	0.419561
band-aid	isap:105632107	0.417887
sex	isap:403415333	0.415767
need	isap:490960935	0.414131
failure	isap:443280779	0.409659
sense	isap:114968209	0.408772
stuff	isap:116305557	0.406171
world	isap:113009327	0.403998
quota	isap:122746627	0.398596
impediment	isap:19343080	0.395974
life	isap:490707213	0.391249
student	isap:443190024	0.390445
thing of the past	isap:117717191	0.386796
change	isap:392230830	0.386557
bias	isap:491301016	0.383919
form of racism	isap:491692847	0.383693
profiling	isap:420673756	0.382167
race	isap:489511340	0.381403
coercion	isap:100666236	0.378141
violation	isap:421760342	0.369390
race-based discrimination	isap:471733498	0.368667
folk	isap:491694330	0.367560
requirement	isap:452720558	0.362747
charity	isap:444246910	0.355798
law school	isap:387338474	0.352147
desire	isap:397046439	0.351533
procedure	isap:424448031	0.348578
political correctness	isap:452650577	0.346698
form of reparation	isap:491692856	0.345467
diversity	isap:422387027	0.341396
excuse	isap:390109169	0.333727
segregation	isap:452480213	0.329544
reparation	isap:18099939	0.325548
not	isap:403408329	0.325516
fact	isap:491648612	0.318421
right	isap:121368439	0.315182
anything	isap:102655665	0.314155
male	isap:490613377	0.312956
something	isap:424588237	0.311750
slavery	isap:448305367	0.308955
phrase	isap:386925865	0.308018
behavior	isap:98889596	0.301820
part	isap:489336360	0.298338
university	isap:20428834	0.294928
title	isap:117621495	0.285853
disadvantage	isap:68821739	0.280560
group	isap:121416400	0.276485
belief	isap:392946291	0.276177
opinion	isap:448350716	0.275311
book	isap:491524959	0.272558
america	isap:449700766	0.271852
year	isap:488533355	0.270025
problem	isap:439279200	0.268476
process	isap:439380507	0.266200
debate	isap:398895087	0.256338
blacks	isap:385117618	0.252726
ethnicity	isap:424429304	0.251252
whites	isap:392846768	0.245983
color	isap:123854734	0.238444
people	isap:391998634	0.232432
waste	isap:123764421	0.228981
black	isap:115214788	0.221370
democratic	isap:18526394	0.221176
point	isap:121103838	0.186117
however	isap:443540126	0.177704
promotion	isap:423986927	0.170096
west	isap:489954948	0.118313
answer	isap:397185883	0.099370

Narrower concepts

label	provenance	confidence
preferential treatment	isap:136261789	0.810120
limited to	isap:108922443	0.767792
reverse discrimination	isap:53924237	0.694369
equal opportunity	isap:143876984	0.625869
gender quota	isap:153546086	0.574848
clarence thomas	isap:386617609	0.572209
reinstatement	isap:53278030	0.567389
college admission	isap:136416884	0.549962
restitution	isap:144017378	0.539934
higher education	isap:136504642	0.517391
racial quota	isap:153546081	0.487577
white woman	isap:158215105	0.470211
order	isap:164853821	0.466301
new law	isap:214444197	0.454529
faculty	isap:270949046	0.442217
california	isap:253911898	0.441318
subsidy	isap:272823744	0.426072
applicant	isap:136096835	0.424442
south africa	isap:386167305	0.421853
pay	isap:215070874	0.418907
policy	isap:394444834	0.416499
reservation	isap:144005195	0.407801
step	isap:305245849	0.388628
admission policy	isap:394444839	0.387500
judge	isap:163580066	0.381887
serious reservation	isap:144005197	0.371462
quota	isap:153546079	0.370936
university	isap:257518936	0.370359
texas	isap:162989860	0.368716
barry	isap:156428217	0.365878
united states	isap:398602538	0.362849
confirmation	isap:81712517	0.361779
something	isap:134018952	0.358352
washington	isap:254479538	0.352161
legacy admission	isap:136416883	0.343403
question	isap:478161763	0.341872
discrimination	isap:53924239	0.333227
president	isap:137651693	0.329545
couple	isap:396568268	0.320304
florida	isap:273818911	0.318784
goal	isap:308527546	0.315201
obama	isap:158465784	0.314942
asian	isap:164371559	0.313992
law	isap:214444166	0.302577
forest	isap:387809784	0.295018
case	isap:300633858	0.293588
nep	isap:214488187	0.292726
people	isap:393646961	0.290924
white male	isap:307763829	0.286084
course	isap:390143558	0.285827
veteran	isap:273751311	0.283412
sarkozy	isap:266631659	0.279001
right	isap:164010397	0.263983
r	isap:54087780	0.255218
ability	isap:265692285	0.254923
kind	isap:300058698	0.254044
man	isap:214588214	0.251746
america	isap:272992614	0.244716
failure	isap:271154801	0.235741
nothing	isap:267168719	0.226664
education	isap:136504640	0.225632
staff	isap:159106706	0.224428
term	isap:306353688	0.224127
college	isap:273966447	0.221227
abortion	isap:481606871	0.218284
argument	isap:479749845	0.213399
dean	isap:307795980	0.208110
favor	isap:157855055	0.207886
race	isap:303466098	0.206994
respect	isap:272790832	0.205289
whites	isap:391346582	0.197738
student	isap:267590206	0.195538
diversity	isap:135788341	0.192729
there	isap:155860300	0.192213
sale	isap:307768493	0.191442
beneficiary	isap:143661867	0.182202
equality	isap:484779731	0.178460
access	isap:396657844	0.176180
position	isap:481617325	0.173602
government	isap:253909593	0.173236
situation	isap:137093109	0.172359
criterion	isap:134209248	0.170360
class	isap:153547711	0.170243
woman	isap:158215104	0.169357
ucla	isap:304625745	0.161106
word	isap:306892307	0.156412
fact	isap:311319467	0.156331
belief	isap:395062644	0.151005
minority	isap:484423372	0.150905
day	isap:213054743	0.148848
child	isap:165223489	0.148649
vote	isap:307772542	0.144776
state	isap:158190805	0.143394
support	isap:275092018	0.136300
year	isap:312165939	0.130903
the	isap:213480203	0.130611
regard	isap:387942137	0.127099
te	isap:108660624	0.126652
campus	isap:393084875	0.116868
need	isap:301886769	0.114996
however	isap:267385638	0.107838
tool	isap:303792671	0.107592
court	isap:154125937	0.098641
issue	isap:165215303	0.094389
rights	isap:388156582	0.089661
racist	isap:386088606	0.077222
end	isap:210610751	0.074381
effort	isap:397901729	0.063737