What was the international and alliance response to decolonization and spread of the cold war conflicts

Decolonization was offset by the heavy tensions of the Cold War and was greatly fought against due to the loss of military and economic strength derived from these colonies by the western allies during the Cold War against the eastern Bloc.

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

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