Question

What is discrimination?

Answer 1

Ans: Discrimination means to ill treat or treat a person or a group differently. This is a result of the preconceived notions and prejudices against people of a particular race, gender, caste, nationality, etc. People sharing similar tastes and ways of living, talking and dressing feel safe around each other. People with different tastes are looked down upon and made fun of. The assumed superiority is the cause of discriminations.

Some of the types of discrimination are as follows:

1) Racial discrimination: Discriminating against someone or a group on the basis of their race is called racial discrimination.

2) Gender discrimination: Discriminating against an individual on the basis of their gender. For example,not allowing to a woman to work comes under gender discrimination.

3) Religious discrimination: Discriminating against an individual or group on the basis of religion.