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On May 17, 1954 the Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court decision ended racial segregation in public schools. This ruling and many other civil right laws were passed in an attempt to give everyone the same opportunities and rights. However, every day, in ways obvious and subtle, there are people that are the targets of prejudice and discrimination. The reason for the prejudice is simply because they are somehow different. Individuals are discriminated against for many reasons. Examples include race, sex, sexual orientation, and religion, along with ethnicity, nationality, lifestyle, and ideology.
The costs of prejudice and discrimination are great. There is the psychological pain and the physical suffering. There are the economic costs such as lost job opportunities. Individuals that are victims of prejudice are denied the inalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It is not easy being treated differently because of something beyond ones control......

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