Which of the following was not an event that led up to the american revolution?
a. the french revolution
b. the boston massacre
c. direct taxation of the american colonies by britain
d. the french and indian war

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