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On July, 1964 the 88th Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Act prohibits discrimination in housing, education, employment, public accommodations, and the receipt of federal funds on the basis of race, color, gender, national origin, or religion. (Bennet-Alexander, D and Hartman, L, 2003)
The word discrimination comes from the Latin "discriminare", which means to "distinguish between". To discriminate socially is to make a distinction between people on the basis of class or category without regard to individual merit. Examples of social discrimination include racial, religious, sexual, sexual orientation, disability, ethnic, height-related, and age-related discrimination. Whether a given example of discrimination is positive or negative is a subjective judgement (i.e., in the eye of the beholder). Distinctions between people which are based just on individual merit (such as personal achievement, skill or ability) are generally not considered socially......

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