What Is Affirmative Action?

Although Alex Trebek, the host of Jeopardy!, has attacked Inside Jeopardy!, a new book about the show, he acknowledges that the program does sometimes "wish to remove a clue that has a pro-male bias," which is one of the book's main charges. Here are some of the items that were allegedly switched for the sake of gender norming:

PRO-MALE PRO-FEMALE

MICHAEL JORDAN MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV

STANLEY CUP OKTOBERFEST

CRIMEAN WAR JOHN CHEEVER

WEAPONS CLOTHING

AIRPORTS ALICE B. TOKLAS

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