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Discrimination is the process of making unfair or prejudicial distinctions between people based on the groups, classes, or other categories to which they belong or are perceived to belong, [1] such as race, gender, age, religion, physical attractiveness or sexual orientation. [2]
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Feb 1, 2011 · 1. The Concept of Discrimination. 1.1 A First Approximation. 1.2 The Moralized Concept. 2. Types of Discrimination (in its Moralized Sense) 2.1 Direct Discrimination. 2.2 Indirect Discrimination. 2.3 Organizational, Institutional, and Structural Discrimination. 3. Challenging the Concept of Indirect Discrimination.
Three different types of discrimination are defined and analyzed. Individual and institutional discrimination refer to actions and/or policies that are intended to have a differential impact on minorities and women.
- Fred L. Pincus
- 1996
Oct 13, 2023 · Individual Discrimination. Unfair treatment of a person based on their attributes such as race, appearance or affiliations. For example, a particular manager who doesn’t hire someone because of their weight. Systemic Discrimination. Institutions, policies, processes and practices that perpetuate discrimination against certain groups of people.
Jan 4, 2021 · The Oxford Dictionary defines “discrimination” as occurring when a person treats certain groups of people or things in an unfair or prejudicial fashion. It conveys that discrimination occurs when a person treats unfairly some people usually categorized in terms of race, age, or sex.
- dzongwe@wsu.ac.za
Dec 14, 2023 · Individual discrimination is important to address, but at least as consequential in today’s world is institutional discrimination, or discrimination that pervades the practices of whole institutions, such as housing, medical care, law enforcement, employment, and education.
Individual discrimination is explained by the psychological characteristics of individuals, whereas institutional discrimination is explained by the characteristics of institutions or the social context in which individuals find themselves.
