Which term means giving disadvantaged groups better treatment than others in an attempt to make up for their disadvantage?

Which term means giving disadvantaged groups better treatment than others in an attempt to make up for their disadvantage?

• A. Positive Discrimination
• B. Educational Inequality
• C. Cultural Capital
• D. Discrimination

Answer: (A)

The idea being tested is how policies address past or present disadvantage by giving some groups an advantage. Positive discrimination means providing better treatment to disadvantaged groups to offset the barriers they face, with the aim of balancing opportunities in areas like education or employment. It’s a deliberate move to compensate for inequality by prioritizing those groups in specific contexts, such as admissions or hiring. This isn’t about the problem itself—educational inequality describes that issue—but about a response to it. Cultural capital refers to the social assets that help people succeed (like language, tastes, and networks), not to policies that give preference. Discrimination means treating people unfairly, usually in a negative sense, rather than giving them an advantage to overcome disadvantage.

The idea being tested is how policies address past or present disadvantage by giving some groups an advantage. Positive discrimination means providing better treatment to disadvantaged groups to offset the barriers they face, with the aim of balancing opportunities in areas like education or employment. It’s a deliberate move to compensate for inequality by prioritizing those groups in specific contexts, such as admissions or hiring.

This isn’t about the problem itself—educational inequality describes that issue—but about a response to it. Cultural capital refers to the social assets that help people succeed (like language, tastes, and networks), not to policies that give preference. Discrimination means treating people unfairly, usually in a negative sense, rather than giving them an advantage to overcome disadvantage.