By giving someone else more opportunity than myself or at the exclusion of myself.
Quotas are illegal in affirmative action programs. Employers set targets
(goals) for the employment of women and minorities and a time frame for
achieving their targets. There are no legal penalties if goals are not met, as
long as good faith efforts to achieve them are made.
Affirmative action does not mean the hiring of unqualified people. In fact,
these activities are specifically prohibited by law. Affirmative action allows
competent and qualified women and minorities to compete and excel in areas where
they are or have been under-represented.
When affirmative action programs are administered properly, only qualified
people are hired. Poorly managed affirmative action programs may, on occasion,
result in a corruption of policies. It is explicitly illegal to establish quotas
and fill them with regard only to the race or gender of the applicant. Abuses of
the programs must not be allowed—nor should they be used as an excuse to abolish
affirmative action programs altogether..
Jose Tyrone Pao and rahjneesh got that job becuase they could pass a piss test and were more qualified than you