The second factor is the classic French Republican rejection of, and legal norms against, any form of “affirmative action,” or positive discrimination, even of the most inoffensive kind. Like the prohibition of fine-tuned data – without which positive discrimination is in any case impossible – affirmative action is seen as damaging to the Republican model because it is based on recognition of ethnic differences.
第二个因素是，法兰西共和国一向拒绝任何形式的、哪怕是最无伤害的“肯定行动”或积极性区别对待，并且在法律上予以禁止。没有对数据的精确分析就不可能有积极性区别对待。肯定行动和精确分析一样基于承认种族区别而被视为有害于共和国模式。