When the federal reserve lowered interest rates following the 2001 recession, what did more people start to do?

a. buy homes
b. default on loans
c. invest in dot-coms
dsell stock shares

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

i believe it is the second one.   if correct plz mark brainliest.