[stefanve]

back in the day this was called positive discrimination. While I'm not totally against it, merit should still be a factor. That is fair to all involved. You don't want that people think you where just selected because you are a minority since that will become discriminatory very quickly

[tromp]

It's also known as

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affirmative_action

[Chris2048]

But is it AA if it's not explicitly declared? Is covert AA still AA?

[effry-much]

“Positive” discrimination is still discrimination.