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• n  a reply of affirmation
  he answered in the affirmative
• a  affirming or giving assent
  an affirmative decision
  affirmative votes
• s  expecting the best
  an affirmative outlook
• s  expressing or manifesting praise or approval
  an affirmative nod

• There's a new push for affirmative action by social class.
• No reasonable critic of affirmative action, who understands the ocean of historic injustice it was attempting to alleviate, believes affirmative action is evil or .
• In a split decision, the Supreme Court says that affirmative action is constitutional.

• affirmatory
• optimistic
• approving
• approbative
• approbatory
• plausive

• negative

News & Articles

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• Affirmative action, DOMA, Prop 8 among SCOTUS rulings coming
  Affirmative action. Voting rights. Same-sex marriage. The Supreme Court is about to rule on some of the most contentious issues in American society -- issues that have divided Americans for years.
  June 17, 2013 - CNN
• Viewpoint: Affirmative Action Has Helped White Women Most
  The Supreme Court is mulling the legality of affirmative action, with its loudest opponent a white woman. But that demographic has found greatest success with the policy, argues activist Sally Kohn
  June 17, 2013 - Time Magazine
• Affirmative action ruling contest: race vs. class
  Affirmative action ruling contest: race vs. class Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 11:03 pm, Sunday, June 16, 2013 A decade ago, the U.S. Supreme Court kept the focus on race as a barrier, upholding the right of colleges to make limited use of racial preferences to ensure a ...
  June 16, 2013 - San Francisco Chronicle

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in Reuters South Africa
  Obama said the race discussion took a divisive turn when it was implied "my candidacy is somehow an exercise in affirmative action; that it's based solely on the desire of wide-eyed liberals to purchase racial reconciliation on the cheap."
• John McCain in FOXNews
  The question is whether this is a man who has what it takes to protect America from Osama bin Laden, al Qaeda, and other grave threats in the world. And he has given you no reason to answer in the affirmative,McCain said as he sought to pivot...
• Jon Kyl in International Herald Tribune
  I don't believe that the requisite candour exists for me to indicate my support for him with an affirmative vote,Republican Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona said.