Which of these ideas would supporters of the plessy v. ferguson ruling most likely have agreed with? that social rights were a part of civil rights that the constitution should be interpreted without regard to race that “separate but equal” was a valid legal doctrine that "separate but equal" did not justify racial segregation

The correct alternative is: that "separate but equal" was a valid legal doctrine.

The Plessy v. Ferguson case has decided that racial segregation wasn't a violation of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution, in which was said that all citizens were equal before the law. Therefore, the court ruled that in public spaces the "separate but equal" doctrine should exist.

C is the answer

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