What fledging technology was ignored prior to the attack on pearly harbor? why was it ignored?

Radar and its use to detect the incoming Japanese planes were ignored prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor. It was ignored because it was relatively new and untried as well has known to have glitches in the systems.

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