What are some characteristics of democracy that dictatorships adopt?

There are many characteristics that dictators adopt in order to persuade people. One of them is a parliamentary institution to 'manage laws'. Elections constituted another element they use to cover their policy.

It's important to mention that all these elements don't have their right function, they are only a mask to international diplomacy and that stuff.

One example of this is Venezuelan government.

affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

employers subject to title vii are prohibited from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. aa is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. the employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then stop, ending its aa efforts

the  wilmot proviso  was designed to eliminate  slavery  within the  landacquired as a result of the mexican war (1846-48). fearing the addition of a pro-slave territory, pennsylvania congressman david  wilmot proposedhis amendment to the bill.