What are the names of the European countries that engaged in a "Scramble for Africa" in the late 1800s-early 1900s? and what were their reasons?

UK(British Empire)

France (French Colonial Empire)

Germany (German Empire)

Italy (Kingdom of Italy)

Portugal (Portuguese Empire)

Belgium (Belgian colonial empire)

Their reasons were mainly for economic reasons, however, they also wanted to protect some of their existing colonies. (e.g British Raj)

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