Discrimination
A
crutch used mostly by blacks and sometimes
hispanics to explain that they are not successful because of their skin
pigment, ignoring other factors such as their education and/or work product.
Discrimination
by s. beyet on Jun 10, 2005 06:02:48
Example:
A Japanese American who is promoted to a
management position may still be a victim of discrimiation if he or she had been
passed over for years because of corporate reluctance to place an Asian American in a highly visible position.
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Discrimination
by KaptKrunch on Jul 23, 2010 22:37:40
dis·crim·i·na·tion
Pronunciation: \dis-ˌkri-mə-ˈnā
-shən\
1 a : the act of discriminating b : the process by which two stimuli differing in some aspect are responded to differently
2 : the quality or power of finely distinguishing
3 a : the act, practice, or an instance of discriminating
categorically rather than individually b : prejudiced or
prejudicial outlook, action, or treatment
Example:
Hannah recently became manager of a software development company. She believes that she can boost sales and productivity by hiring a younger, more tech-savvy marketing representative, despite the fact that
Antonio,
the company's current marketing rep, has done superb work. Antonio recently completed a highly successful ad
blitz that generated much industry-wide buzz and attracted numerous new clients. Hannah fires Antonio, who is 62 and close to retirement age anyway, she reasons, and replaces him with Cheyenne, a 35-year-old marketing
whiz. Hannah discriminated against Antonio by firing him because of his age. Now thats what I call Discrimination...
Discrimination
by bob0654 on Jul 01, 2016 00:28:30
The (often intentional)
exclusion of any group of things or people, especially white,
protestant, conservative, middle or upper class, well educated males. Discrimination is often coupled with hatred of the
excluded group.
Example:
"Americans once discriminated against Native and African Americans and other foreign people groups so much that through attempting to
rectify our mistake we have
outdone ourselves and discriminated against ourselves instead! Not that there isn't still some
discrimination against the aforementioned groups, but it is dramatically less so that it was many many years ago."