What exactly is discrimination?

Question

is it like you see a hispanic or asian and you assume they speak spainish or they are nerds??? or is that sterotyping? plz define what discrimination really is.

Answer 1

Discrimination is stereotyping anyone. It doesn't just have to be a certain race. You can discriminate against homosexuals, people who own pit bulls, people who dress a certain way.

An example is that when I tell people I own an American Pit Bull Terrier they either assume that I am scum, or that I fight dogs. And I am neither. But because they assume this they might not talk to me or whatever.

Or like an employer not hiring someone because they are overweight and they assume that means they are lazy. That is discriminating. And it is wrong.

Answer 2

Discrimination is an attitude whereby one does not respect or give persons of varying ethnicity the same civil liberties and basic civil rights you enjoy. There is a distinct difference between preference and discrimination. For example: I socially prefer nice looking blue eyed white women over overweight fat nosed black women however I believe both should have the same rights of respect. On the other hand I prefer Halle Berry, a attractive black female over some soggy fat white woman. Nothing wrong with assuming one spoke Spanish just as there's nothing wrong assuming that one spoke French, German, Russian, etc. Lighten up these mundane things and start concentrating on doing good and avoiding evil. You'll feel better.

Answer 3

1 a : the act of discriminating b : the process by which two stimuli differing in some aspect are responded to differently
2 : the quality or power of finely distinguishing
3 a : the act, practice, or an instance of discriminating categorically rather than individually b : prejudiced or prejudicial outlook, action, or treatment

Your example sounds like definition #3

Answer 4

dis·crim·i·na·tion (dĭ-skrĭm'ə-nā'shən) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. The act of discriminating.
2. The ability or power to see or make fine distinctions; discernment.
3. Treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit; partiality or prejudice: racial discrimination; discrimination against foreigners.

Answer 5

That is stereotyping. Discrimination is something that hurts like not giving someone a job because of their race.

Answer 6

Discrimination is neutral perception. It is neither right nor wrong.

Answer 7

yes thats steriotyping....descrimination is when asically you think you are better than someone because they are black or they are mexican or some other race then you....treating someone unfair because they are different than you, basically....