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    How Discrimination still effects Modern America Have you ever had a conversation about pay with a female coworker that was equally skilled only to realize she was payed less? Have you Seen someone bullied or harassed solely based off the color of their skin? Have you ever seen someone be treated differently or unfairly based off of their religion? Then you know what discrimination looks like in everyday life in a variety of ways. Discrimination is everywhere even in modern day America and it happens

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    For centuries a dilemma that has affected the whole world has been the practices such as discrimination and prejudice. To begin with what is discrimination in the first place? The exact definition would be fair treatment of a person, racial group, and minority. Millions of American daily face a certain type of discrimination and whether or not it may be a surprise to many a roughly 45 percent of American Muslims are being discriminated and or threaten due to its religion preference. The amount of

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    party. The United States government describes racial/color discrimination as, “Treating someone unfavorable because he/she is of a certain race or because of personal characteristics associated with race such as hair texture, skin color, or certain facial features” (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission). There are numerous amounts of moral values that are thought to be universal throughout the campus of PC and racial discrimination is far from being considered ethical. After the investigation

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    Discrimination Against Equal Individuals Matthew Bomer, an American actor, said, “Everybody thinks that equality comes from identifying people, and that’s not where equality comes from. Equality comes from treating everybody the same regardless of who they are” (Freedom to Marry n. pag.). The community is often brought down by the injustice towards others’ differences, which results in inequality and discrimination. Diversity can exist as a positive part of today’s society, but is sometimes overlooked

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    Discrimination toward genders has been put on a repetitive cycle throughout history. In developing countries around the world, discrimination of women is evident. “In China, the role of women changed drastically during the Mao Zedong era (1949 – 1976). Communism allowed women, who had previously been mostly limited to existence inside the household, to become social beings” (nobullying.com). Shortly after that time period, the continent of Africa went through issues with gender discrimination. The

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    people were doing with me. In fact, I realized that I was a vivid example of one or maybe two types of discrimination factors such as gender and age. I could not accept the fact that I was discriminated for being a young woman, and not because of my competency for the position. My reaction to this episode was not smart. Although once I thought about the idea of suing the company for discrimination, later I though it was ridiculous because I knew that I was going to waste time, money and I was not

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    were created and they decided to separate the "Aryans" and the “non-Aryans,” which led to a “racist hierarchy” in Germany. While this was happening, many Germans tolerated the hate crimes and did nothing to stop the discrimination. People tolerate the acts of prejudice and discrimination they see happening around them because they do not want to get involved or cause and problems. Prejudice refers to beliefs, thoughts, feelings, and attitudes that a person has towards a certain group. Prejudice is

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    Racial Discrimination What would the ‘’U.S Economy be if racial inequality did not exist’’. (Badger) We can't eliminate racial inequalities without knowing why they occur ‘’ with legal statutes immigrant workers, and black men’’. (Badger) Many Mexicans are still being deported and black men are still being segregated. Many Mexicans are being treated differently because of their citizenship or immigrant status. Families are being separated because of their illegal parents. Some behaviors have caused

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    A theme in gattaca is genetic discrimination. In the aspetic society Vincent lives in ,ones life is genetically restrained even before the individual is born so that each person gets the “best possible start”. The sterile environment metaphorically captures a harsh authoritarian ambience favouring genetic perfection above anything else. It is a society that overpowers human desire and human relattionships. This becomes apparent through the mechanical robotic characters that live in Gattaca. Traits

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    a letter stating that her maternity leave was extended to May 21st. The employer responded informing her that another person had filled her position. The Equality Officer in this case determined that the employee did have a prima facie case of discrimination. The Officer noted that there was not a resignation by the Employee and pushed for the fact that there was

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