The thirteenth amendment put an end to what custom in some parts of the united states?
a) requiring an income tax
b) the enslavement of people
c) going to church on wednesday
d) denying women the right to vote

B. the enslavement of people

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