1.How might the United States be different today if people could be jailed for criticizing any elected official? Explain why you think this is or is not an important part of the first amendment. 2.What country are (X, Y, Z) Mr. X, Mr. Y, and Mr. Z from? **PLZ HELP II WILL GIVE BRAINLIEST***

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