Social discrimination is a form of bigotry in which social decency toward or against an individual or group is based on social impression of their outlook, beliefs, or behavior. It can be a concerted behavior directed towards a group in affirmative action or negative behavior directed against a particular group as in race and tribal discrimination. The latter is the most typical meaning, i.e. negative discrimination (Social discrimination - Psychology Wiki -- Wikia). Social discrimination in areas such as race or religion is illegalized in most Western cultures, whilst discriminating people on the basis of virtue is normally acceptable. In case biased discrimination happens, it is normally identified as discrimination toward an individual person or a group, rather than discrimination between people or groups, which is openly the discernment of qualities and recognition of the differences.
Social Discrimination Still Seen Today
Fifty years hence, following Dr. Martin Luther King Junior's remarks on the effort to end observable discrimination has been on course far more than the effort to come through on economic, educational, or social fairness. Blacks have made wide strides in high school education; nevertheless, they still lag in college graduation rates (Wolf, 2014). Their earnings have risen and poverty rates have lowered, but a...
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