What was the ‘white death’?
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it's either the nickname for Simo Häyhä or Tuberculosis

Explanation:

Simo Häyhä, also known as "The White Death," was a Finnish sniper who is credited with killing more than 500 enemy troops within 100 days during the Winter War against the Soviet Union from 1939 to 1940. ... He survived the shot, becoming one of Finland's most legendary heroes.

where is the section with the question?

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