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When a person is treated less well, in comparison with someone else, because of his or her racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation.

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What is active discrimination?

Active discrimination refers to intentional and direct harmful behavior towards individuals or groups based on their characteristics such as race, gender, or religion. This type of discrimination can manifest through actions like harassment, exclusion, or violence. It is a form of prejudice that is overt and deliberate.


What type of discriminations are there?

Discrimination is essentially being prejudiced against due to some physical characteristic that differentiates you, or a personal belief or lifestyle. The main types of discrimination are: Gender Age Race Religion Sexual Orientation Disability


How are general discrimination and institutionalized discrimination different?

Discrimination is identifying and acting on the differences among people. Almost all discrimination is lawful and useful. Statutes prohibit employemtn discrimination and lending discrimination based SOLELY on race, color, religion, disability, age, veteran status, ancestry, and bankruptcy. Every other factor is lawful."Institutional discrimination" is a buzzword for "we can't find a shred of illegal discrimination, but we still don't like the decision".


When an individual who is not a minority is discriminated against because of advantages given to minority group members this is known as?

reverse discrimination or positive discrimination


Is the likely result institutional or contextual discrimination?

If the discrimination is based on policies, practices, or structures within an organization or system, it is likely institutional discrimination. If it is influenced by the specific circumstances or environment in which it occurs, it may be contextual discrimination.

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Deliberate destruction of a group of people?

Genocide or ethnic cleansing or discrimination


What is active discrimination?

Active discrimination refers to intentional and direct harmful behavior towards individuals or groups based on their characteristics such as race, gender, or religion. This type of discrimination can manifest through actions like harassment, exclusion, or violence. It is a form of prejudice that is overt and deliberate.


What is comparative degree of deliberate?

The comparative degree of "deliberate" is "more deliberate."


What is a sentence for the deliberate?

This was a deliberate act of war.It was not deliberate, I swear.


Can you make a sentence with deliberate?

I deliberate whether or not to answer this question.


How do you spell deliberate?

Deliberate, just as you have it, is the correct spelling.


What is a sentence for delibrate?

The graffiti appeared to be deliberate. How long can it take for the jury to deliberate? What deliberate acts can you add to these charges?


What is the incorrect spelling basin deliberate mantle container?

The incorrect spelling is "deliberate." The correct spelling is "deliberately."


A sentence with the word deliberate in it?

The public humiliation by the teacher was deliberate.


Is deliberate an adverb or an adjective?

Deliberate is an adjective, the adverb is deliberately.


When was Deliberate Prose created?

Deliberate Prose was created in 2000.


What level of risk management is often use in the workplace?

deliberate