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    The Effects of Discrimination Young teens that belongs to a minority sexual orientation‚ (gay‚ bisexual‚ lesbian‚ transgender) may experience discrimination by their peers at school‚ in the workplace‚ or even at home (Benibgui‚ 2011; Mays‚ 2008; Saewyc‚ 2001). This discrimination can have major effects on teens that are detrimental‚ and sometimes these effects can tragically become fatal. The findings used to draw these conclusions gave different key elements. They helped determine different places

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    What is Discrimination? Discrimination is unfair or unequal treatment of an individual based on characteristics such as age‚ race‚ religion‚ gender‚ sexual orientation‚ and plenty other of reasons. Discrimination can occur in schools‚ health care services‚ buses/trains‚ housing‚ employment‚ and when voting. This is a big issue and has had a major impact on the past and present. Discrimination has been around for thousands of years and is still going on today. Discrimination has been going on since

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    1.1 Explain what is meant by: * Diversity * Equality * Inclusion * Discrimination Diversity is recognising that though people may have things in common‚ they are all different in many ways. Diversity is valuing and accepting those differences Equality is treating everyone in a way that is fairly to them. Not to be confused with treating everybody exactly the same. (e.g. if a person with difficulty walking wanted get to the second floor‚ you would provide them with other ways‚

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    Associate Program Material Discrimination Worksheet Write a 100- to 200-word response to each of the following questions. Provide citations for all the sources you use. What is discrimination? How is discrimination different from prejudice and stereotyping? “Discrimination is denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or for other arbitrary reasons”(Richard T. Schaefer/ University of Phoenix‚ 2012‚ p.61 ). Discrimination is different from prejudice

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    Abstract The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has set in place laws that protect employees from any kind of discrimination. Employees of companies with at least 15 employees are covered by the laws. Employers discriminate against employees all the time‚ so times they may not even realize it. But whether it is intentional or unintentional it is still illegal. It is the responsibility of the employer to know what they legally can and can’t do when it comes to their employees. It is also up to

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    |Definition | |Discrimination |The denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice | | |or for other arbitrary reasons. | |Institutional discrimination |The denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups resulting from the |

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    Racial discrimination? Well‚ what exactly does it mean? Racial discrimination involves treating someone unfavorably because he/she is of a certain race or because of personal characteristics associated with race such as skin color. Race here can mean that people belong to different countries‚ castes or different geographical regions within a country. It is unlawful to harass a person because of that person’s race or color. Harassment can include offensive or derogatory remarks about a person’s

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    GUIDANCE NOTE WHAT IS INDIRECT DISCRIMINATION? Most people understand direct discrimination. Indirect discrimination occurs where the effect of certain requirements‚ conditions or practices imposed by an employer or education provider has an adverse impact disproportionately on one group or other. Indirect discrimination generally occurs when a rule or condition‚ which is applied equally to everyone‚ can be met by a considerably smaller proportion of people from a particular group‚ the rule

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    Prejudice and discrimination is still very evident today in Australian Society. ‘’In Australia‚ a society created on the basis of racial division and superiority‚ the ugly face of prejudice and discrimination is unsurprisingly‚ still very evident today.’’ (Kerry Deligiannis‚ 2011) In 2011‚ Kerry Deligiannis stated that prejudice and discrimination is still evident in Australian society. While Australia espouses the ideas of multiculturalism‚ in truth‚ racial division and superiority can be seen

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    Discrimination against older worker occurs so often that Congress made an act to protect older workers from discrimination; this helps prevent increased unemployment for those older than 40 years of age. In 1967‚ congress made the Age Discrimination in Employment Act for the purpose of promoting the employment of older workers based on their ability instead of their age. This act applies to employment by public and private employers and by the unions and employment agencies‚ as well as foreign companies

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