While much of the literature of the medieval period emphasizes religion, works by renaissance writers such as dante and petrarch emphasize the dignity and worth of the individual, a philosophy known as

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 law supported victims of political persecution.

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