Eugenics/ Affirmative Action

http://www.eugenicsarchive.org/eugenics/list3.pl
Eugenics
Who does it: Nazis and American
Where: America and Germany
What: Encourage the reproduction of people with "good" genes and discouraging those with "bad" genes.
Why: People believed that eugenicists effectively lobbied for social legislation to keep racial and ethnic groups separate, to restrict immigration from southern and eastern Europe, and to sterilize people considered "genetically unfit." 
When: early 20th century; 1910-940

http://www.ncsl.org/research/education/affirmative-action-overview.aspx
.Affirmative Action
Who: Colleges; States
What: Affirmative action is a policy that provide equal access to education for those groups that have been historically excluded or underrepresented, such as women and minorities.
When: Current
Where: America
Why: Affirmative action allows colleges to have "diversity."