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    Moreover‚ "Aboriginal people" is a communal title for the original popular of North America (AANDC‚ 2015). The prejudice against the Aboriginal people still continues today‚ it is not as severe and oppressive as it used to be; however‚ it still remains today and is entrenched in the legal‚ education‚ and health care systems (Morrison et al.‚ 2008). Aboriginal people are more prone to be sent to prison especially because they are unable to compensate their fines and receive inadequate representation

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    Current World Issues: Discrimination Against Mental Illnesses Between Ages 15 and 24 Part 1: Awareness When it comes to sadness‚ depression‚ and anxiety that interfere with daily life‚ people should be aware that this issue is causing havoc to the world. This issue is worse than most people expect due to their lack of education‚ experience‚ and awareness of psychiatric disorders. According to the psychologists of Princeton University‚ a mental illness is any disease of the mind; the psychological

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    This act was passed in 1990‚ prohibiting the discrimination against people with disabilities in employment‚ public services‚ public accommodations‚ and telecommunications. EEOC was given enforcement authority for title 1 of the act‚ the employment discrimination provisions. Title 1 of the act took 2 years before coming into effect to allow the Commission time to develop regulations and technical assistance‚ time to conduct comprehensive public education programs on the new disability law‚ also to

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    Aboriginal peoples have a long history of facing discrimination in Canada. Their political background is not expansive or lengthy in terms of voting in federal and provincial elections. All Aboriginal peoples in Canada were granted the right to vote in 1960 without enfranchisement. During the 2015 Canadian federal election campaign‚ Aboriginal issues‚ such as the housing crisis and self-government‚ were not forefront for the candidates‚ but political involvement has incrementally become important

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    Ableism is the discrimination against people with mental or physical disabilities. Disabled people are often pitied‚ assumed to be incompetent‚ abnormal and weak. Due to these stereotypes they are not seen as fully human‚ members of society which means that they are often not given equal chances in life and are excluded from society (Bognar‚ 2016). The media often portrays disabled people as having awful lives and that they need to be pitied (Coleman et al.‚ 2015). People with disabilities are stereotyped

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    The ethnic group of Japan had several different hierarchal categories within their own race. The lowest social class was discriminated against. The subordinate group was referred to as the Burakumin or “Eta”. The Burakumin held low paying jobs such as street sweepers‚ leatherworkers‚ working with the dead‚ and community service. The Japanese who held a higher economic social status‚ or the dominate group‚ treated Burakumin with no respect or equality (Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica‚ n/a). There

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    Discrimination against women is still a global social epidemic today. Is this true? Women work two-thirds of the world’s working hours and produce half of the world’s food‚ yet they only earn 10 per cent of the world’s income and own less than 1 per cent of the world’s property and only 12.7 per cent of all parliamentary seats. These statistics show that women are still being discriminated throughout the globe and it is a wake-up call for everyone to the severity of this issue. Discrimination refers

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    THE DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN IN TURKEY For many years there has been a discrimination between male and female. From past to present‚it has been going on. Recently‚ this discimination against women is decreasing‚but it is not enough.In many parts of the society;people have an understanding that men belong to the society; in contrast; women belong to the family.Moreover‚ women’s rights and freedoms are being ignored and the value of women is

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    Discrimination against Homosexuals Everyone is prejudice in some way or another. People are taught at a very young age to discriminate against others. Whether it is because of race‚ religion‚ sexuality‚ gender‚ age‚ personality or way of life‚ everyone pre-judges. Experiencing uprising discrimination lately are homosexuals. Anti gay/lesbian discrimination tends to be particularly brutal and nasty. Homosexuals are victims of prejudice for multiple reasons. Homosexuality contradicts some religious

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    Women were and still are discriminated in Society Discrimination‚ in a general sense‚ simply means making a decision based on some distinctive factor. It involves making decisions on treating people differently based on prohibited discrimination factors such as race‚ age‚ sex‚ color‚ disability or national origin. Throughout history‚ the most common discrimination we hear about is the race of people. Thus‚ no one really takes into consideration of how woman are discriminated because of

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