Discrimination in the United States

Multiple officers engage in police brutality outside Selma, Alabama, on March 7, 1965, against demonstrators protesting racial segregation.

Discrimination comprises "base or the basis of class or category without regard to individual merit, especially to show prejudice on the basis of ethnicity, gender, or a similar social factor".[1] This term is used to highlight the difference in treatment between members of different groups when one group is intentionally singled out and treated worse, or not given the same opportunities. Attitudes toward minorities have been marked by discrimination in the history of the United States. Many forms of discrimination have come to be recognized in American society, particularly on the basis of national origin,[2][3][4] race and ethnicity,[3][4][5] non-English languages,[3][4] religion,[6] gender,[7][8] and sexual orientation.[5][7][8]

  1. ^ "Definition of DISCRIMINATION". ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=discriminate. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  2. ^ "Federal Protections Against National Origin Discrimination". 2015-08-06. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
  3. ^ a b c Miller, Joshua L.; Garran, Ann M., eds. (2017). "A Brief History of Racism in the United States and Implications for the Helping Professions". Racism in the United States: Implications for the Helping Professions (2nd ed.). New York: Springer Publishing. pp. 39–72. ISBN 978-0-8261-4885-8.
  4. ^ a b c Lippi-Green, Rosina (2012) [1997]. "Teaching children how to discriminate: What we learn from the Big Bad Wolf". English with an Accent: Language, Ideology, and Discrimination in the United States (PDF) (2nd ed.). London and New York: Routledge. pp. 79–103. doi:10.4324/9780203348802. ISBN 9780203348802. LCCN 2011024009. OCLC 731009712. S2CID 197766253.
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  6. ^ Corrigan, John; Neal, Lynn S., eds. (2010). "Religious Intolerance in Colonial America". Religious Intolerance in America: A Documentary History. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press. pp. 17–48. doi:10.5149/9780807895955_corrigan.5. ISBN 9780807833896. LCCN 2009044820. S2CID 163405846.
  7. ^ a b Casey, LS; Sari, LR; Findling, MG; Blendon, RJ; Benson, JM; Sayde, JM; Miller, C (October–December 2019). "Discrimination in the United States: Experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer Americans". Health Services Research. 54 (Suppl. 2). Wiley-Blackwell: 1454–1466. doi:10.1111/1475-6773.13229. ISSN 1475-6773. PMC 6864400. PMID 31659745. S2CID 204952737.
  8. ^ a b Conron, Kerith J.; Goldberg, Shoshana K. (April 2020). "LGBT People in the US Not Protected by State Non-Discrimination Statutes". Los Angeles: Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law. Archived from the original on 28 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.