Questions tagged [discrimination]
Deliberately different treatment of people on the basis of characteristics regarded by others as irrelevant, such as gender, sexual orientation, etc. For discrimination based on race or ethnicity, use [racism]. For discrimination against Jews, use [antisemitism].
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In the US, are there laws that discriminate against men the same way as in other countries?
In many countries of the world, men are discriminated against according to at least part of the following points:
Army draft
Retirement age
Criminal punishment (either stronger punishment for male ...
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Are there countries, besides Israel, that declare themselves nation-states for a particular ethnic group?
The Israeli Basic Law, controversially passed in 2018, specifies that
The State of Israel is the national home of the Jewish people, in which it fulfills its natural, cultural, religious, and ...
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Why did Eastern EU members embrace refugees from Ukraine but not refugees from other nations? [duplicate]
During the Russian Ukrainian war, Eastern EU members have accepted millions of Ukrainian refugees without complaint. This was in stark contrast to refugees from Africa and the Middle East which were ...
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How does social inequality differ from wealth inequality? (In a society with capitalism-esque ideals)
Other than the trivial fact that caste is baked into religion, I can't come up with the difference of it to class divide/inequality due to capitalism.
In the book "Caste: The origin of our ...
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Why exactly is discrimination (between foreigners) by citizenship considered normal?
It is virtually universally accepted that discrimination by a variety of characteristics, such as race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation etc. is not acceptable. At the same time, ...
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Does EU Charter regarding prohibition of age-based discrimination conflict with age-based voting restriction within member states?
Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Title III, Article 21:
Any discrimination based on any ground such as sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, ...
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Is there a constitutional contradiction to prohibit discrimination based on nationality while restricting voting right based on nationality?
Many countries have constitutional provisions which prohibit discrimination based on certain characteristics (i.e. age, nationality, etc) while also - within the same constitution - having ...
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Has the conflict in Ukraine provoked an increase in discrimination against ethnic Russians?
Is there increase in discrimination or intolerance towards ethnic Russians since the beginning of the military conflict in Ukraine? I am particularly interested in the data on Eastern Europe (former ...
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Why is Communism singled out as a totalitarian party in US immigration laws?
US Immigration laws state
(D)Immigrant membership in totalitarian party
(i)In general
Any immigrant who is or has been a member of or affiliated with the Communist or any other totalitarian party (or ...
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Why are arrest records public in the United States?
As I understand, arrest records (records showing that someone was arrested by police) are public in the United States, at least in many states (see e.g. Are Arrest Records Public?).
However, it seems ...
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How Europeans identify Roma among the Ukrainian refugees [closed]
There have been several reports of discrimination in Poland, Czechia or Germany against refugees of the Ukrainian war who happened to also be ethnically Romani.
I assume that there are no ID documents ...
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Which organization is responsible for investigating allegations of systemic discrimination within the EHRC?
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is a public body, funded by the British government, which is responsible for promoting and enforcing equality and non-discrimination laws in England, ...
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Why did the Hungarian government promote a law that would clearly create a conflict with the European Commission's views?
Hungary passed a law that is viewed by the EU Commission to "discriminate against people because of their sexual orientation":
Hungary on Wednesday rejected a demand from the European ...
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Are there examples of affirmative action (or equivalent) being applied to White groups?
In Does the VRA require drawing districts for white people in majority-minority states? it was asked if the Voting Rights Act could be applied to white minorities any time soon and the answer seems to ...
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Are there statistics on how many people from certain ethnic groups will be admitted if only standardized test scores are included?
The question is for any country any universities or high school or any education or certification. So if you now that university A have say, 20% Asian students, and if they use only test scores, say ...
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