It's probably "complied with" not "compiled with". There is no verb "compile with", only "compile". "To comply with" means to follow or obey a rule e.g. a law, or in this case a logical principle. So here, the writer is talking about the principle of "affirmative action" (positive steps to tackle discrimination in public life). He / she thinks the logic of affirmative action is odd or strange but he / she still obeyed it.