Which is a true statement about affirmative action policies?

Affirmative action policies were intended to address the effects of discrimination and expand opportunities for groups that had faced barriers. In education, these policies helped minority students gain access to college. The other choices are inaccurate: affirmative action did not begin in the early 1900s, and it was not designed to punish inequality or deny women preferential treatment.

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