WHAT IS DISCRIMINATION? WHAT ARE THE TYPES AND HOW DO WE FIGHT DISCRIMINATION/

1. Act and educate yourself about discrimination is the
first thing to do.
Speak up when you hear offensive jokes. Discriminatory
speech and actions should be denounced. Y ou have to
learn to speak up to let everyone know that biased
actions and speech are never acceptable.
Explore your own stereotypes. Get involve on
community outreach activities.
Y ou have to unite and dig deeper as to where you fit in.
Learning about lives of people with diverse
characteristics can be done through reading. It is also a
good way to learn how different are your experiences
from others.
Y ou can start to change the way you think about
individual differences by being aware of the words you
use. The words you use can affect the ways you organize
your world and others. The words you use can often be
your subconcious way you perpetuate discrimination .
4. RACE/COLORDISCRIMINTION involves treating som eone
(an applicantor employee) unfavorably because he/she is ofa certain
race or because of personal characteristicsassociated withrace (such
as hair textu re, skin color, or certain facial featu res). Color
discrimination involvestreatingsomeone unfavorably because ofskin
color com plexion.
5.SEX-BASED DISCRIMINATION involves treating
someone (an applicant or employee) unfavorably because
of that person's sex.
3. DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION occurs when anemployer
or other entity covered by the AmericanswithDisabilitiesAct, as
amended, or the Rehabilitation Act, as amended, treatsa qualified
individual witha disability who is an em ploy ee or applicant
u nfav orably becau se she has a disability ..
2. HARASSMENT it is unlawful to harass a person (an
applicant or em ploy ee) becau se of that person ’s sex.
Harassment can include “sexual harassment” or unw elcom e
sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and otherverbal
or phy sical harassm ent of a sexu al natu re.
1. RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION involves treatinga person (an
applicant or employee) unfavorably because of his or her religiou s
beliefs. The law protects not only people who belongto traditional,
organized religions, such as Buddhism, Christianity , Hindu ism ,
Islam,and Judaism, but alsoothers who have sincerely held religious,
ethical or m oral beliefs.
DISCRIMINATION IS DEFINED AS THE PRACTICE OF UNFAIRLY
TREATING A PERSONDIFFERENTLY FROM OTHER PEOPLE. IT CAN
HAPPENANYWHERE AND ANYTIME LIKE DISCRIMINATIONATWORK.
DISCRIMINATIONIS AN UNJUST TREATMENT ON THE GROUNDS LIKE
RACE, SEX ORAGE. DISCRIMINATIONAGAINST HOMOSEXUA LS OR
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION ARE COMMON EXAMPLES.