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The word "discriminate" means to notice differences between things. Often this is a good thing. It's good to be able to discriminate between good food and rotten food. You'll get sick much less often. It's good to be able to discriminate between a light rainstorm and a hurricane. It could save your life.

People can only function by noticing differences between things and making decisions accordingly. However, sometimes superficial differences are unimportant. If I am looking to hire a painter, I should be discriminating among my applicants on the basis of their ability to paint. For me to discriminate among the applicants on the basis of their skin colour, their sex or some other factor irrelevant to their painting abilities would be stupid. However, many people do discriminate between people using just such irrelevant factors.

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