Title VII prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin. Title VII does not require all employers to engage in affirmative action, but it does not necessarily forbid it either.Secure for persons in this state, including persons with disabilities, freedom from discrimination in certain employment transactions. This document addresses the use of affirmative action and employer use of affirmative action plans under Title VII. This post explains how remedial workplace affirmative action operates. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 hastened the end of legal Jim Crow. Affirmative Action Appropriate under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. (codified as amended at 29 C.F.R. pt.