Which law prevents discrimination in programs that receive federal funding or are run by federal agencies?
the Civil Rights Act of 1964
the Equal Rights Amendment
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
the Americans with Disabilities Act

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