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equal opportunity

noun

the aggregation of policies and practices in employment and other areas that do not discriminate against people on the basis of race, skin color, age, sex, gender, national origin, religion, or mental or physical disability.

equal opportunity

1. the offering of employment, pay, or promotion equally to all, without discrimination as to sex, race, colour, disability, etc
2. ( as modifier )
  our equal-opportunity policy
  an equal-opportunities employer

equal opportunity

The goal of giving all persons an equal chance to an education and employment, and to protect their civil rights , regardless of their race, religious beliefs, or gender. In the United States, various minority groups have been fighting for equal opportunity over the last 150 years. ( See affirmative action , civil rights movement , equal protection of the laws , National Association for the Advancement of Colored People , National Organization for Women , segregation , sexism , suffragist , and women's movement .)

Both parties are now equal opportunity offenders when it comes to gaming the system.

At any rate, policy can enforce equal rights and foster equal opportunity.

On this theory, equality just means equal opportunity—to succeed or fail.

“We always say addiction is an equal opportunity affliction,” Skipper said.

I prefer my wilderness areas to house a few man-eaters (technically, equal-opportunity predators).

Now, all the West asks is an even break; all the West asks is an equal opportunity.

An equal opportunity to go on land would benefit both pioneer and stay-at-home.

The country-bred girls and boys in our courses have equal opportunity with their city cousins, and both are thriving alike.

We must justify their ideal of universal equality, by an equal education, an equal opportunity for development of all our people.

Burrish and Hawke toed the same line on the morning of February 22d, and they had had that day at least equal opportunity.

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