In a remarkable transaction, the Dutch West India Company bought what is now Manhattan-all 22,000 acres of it-from the Native Americans living there for a few trinkets worth about $24. Imagine that you are
a journalist present during the transition and write a short article about it. THIS MUST BE AT LEAST FOUR
SENTENCES!

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