Suppose that you were to lead people in a boycott today. What item(s) would you
boycott and why? What steps would you take to ensure that your boycott was
successful?

An example of an answer here would be a certain product such as alcohol. The answer to why is obvious, it causes major health problems. Steps taken could be not purchasing that alcohol, rioting, etc.

the answer is a) to be able to obey them.

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