Discrimination
Discrimination
Discrimination, nowadays it is a word which common meaning is "the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex".1 However this word has a couple more meanings than the one mentioned at the beginning of this essay. I think that the proper formal meaning of this word is to recognize the differences between two or more things. I believe that this definition is the essential one for discrimination taking in account its etymology. The word discrimination comes from discriminate, which comes from the Latin "discriminare" which means distinction.2 This word is normally used to make a racial or prejudicial distinction and almost everyone thinks that it is its only use but, it has a lot more uses than racial distinctions. This word can be used in math, physics, science, it is even used to discriminate people and not in a bad way. This means that if I am saying that pens use ink and pencils use graphite I am actually discriminating. Why am I discriminating? Because I am recognizing the differences between a pen and a pencil without underrating any of them. Now, Would it be the same if I say: "A pen is better than the pencil because it uses ink"? Am I making differences between them? Yes, but that is not discriminating, that is discriminating against something or someone.
1. http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/discrimination
2. http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/discriminate?q=discriminate
This is when someone not only recognizes a difference between two things but also is saying that one thing is actually better or worse than the other because of this difference. If we are going to use "discriminating against" in an essay or work, we should be prepared to explain why and to have legitimate reasons to do so. Or else it would be an unjust or/and prejudicial discrimination.
In Mexico discrimination against another ethnic group is very uncommon,
Discrimination, nowadays it is a word which common meaning is "the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex".1 However this word has a couple more meanings than the one mentioned at the beginning of this essay. I think that the proper formal meaning of this word is to recognize the differences between two or more things. I believe that this definition is the essential one for discrimination taking in account its etymology. The word discrimination comes from discriminate, which comes from the Latin "discriminare" which means distinction.2 This word is normally used to make a racial or prejudicial distinction and almost everyone thinks that it is its only use but, it has a lot more uses than racial distinctions. This word can be used in math, physics, science, it is even used to discriminate people and not in a bad way. This means that if I am saying that pens use ink and pencils use graphite I am actually discriminating. Why am I discriminating? Because I am recognizing the differences between a pen and a pencil without underrating any of them. Now, Would it be the same if I say: "A pen is better than the pencil because it uses ink"? Am I making differences between them? Yes, but that is not discriminating, that is discriminating against something or someone.
1. http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/discrimination
2. http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/discriminate?q=discriminate
This is when someone not only recognizes a difference between two things but also is saying that one thing is actually better or worse than the other because of this difference. If we are going to use "discriminating against" in an essay or work, we should be prepared to explain why and to have legitimate reasons to do so. Or else it would be an unjust or/and prejudicial discrimination.
In Mexico discrimination against another ethnic group is very uncommon,