In Sweden, the Supreme Court has ruled that "affirmative action" ethnic quotas in universities are discrimination and hence unlawful.
GSP opposes affirmative action quotas.
India has an extensive system of affirmative action quotas or reservations intended to redress historical inequalities of opportunity, especially the legacy of caste system.
Mr. Ryan also says that some of the promotions were made simply to fulfill affirmative action quotas for minorities and women.
As head of the Civil Rights division, Mr. Reynolds had become known as a conservative stalwart, devoting much of his efforts to combatting affirmative action racial quotas.
The party is opposed to affirmative action quotas and reservations.
This might be seen in affirmative action quotas, or in guaranteed minority representation in a consociational state.
Mr. Reynolds was an architect of policies that challenged affirmative action quotas and sought to overturn school busing programs.
He argued "whether we call affirmative action quotas or whether we simply call it racial preference," such policies discriminate against white people and were simply "wrong."
Critics of Mr. Lucas have also noted that in a losing race for Michigan Governor in 1986, he indicated his opposition to the use of affirmative action quotas.