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Ableism
* are discrimination.
* is discrimination
  * is prejudice towards disabled people. The first known use of the word was in 1981, which makes it relatively new. Disablism' can be used to mean the same thing.
  * can be intentional or unintentional. Some people say that ableism form of oppression. Not everyone who talks about ableism agrees about what things are ableist. Disabled people can be ableist, to other disabled people or to themselves, which is called internalized ableism. Some people deny that ableism exists
* takes many forms around the world.
+ Ableism, Forms of ableism: Discrimination :: Disability
  * Ableism takes many forms around the world. Sometimes ableism is done in a way that is supposed to be hurtful. Other times people are ableist while they are trying to be nice. Both of these types of ableism are harmful.

Age discrimination
* can occur by and against youths and the elderly.
* is rampant in sports
  - the fastest growing type of bias charge in the workplace
* results from stereotyping a group, just like race and gender discrimination.

Direct discrimination
* is understood by most people.
* means treatment that is obviously unfair or unequal.

Disability discrimination
* can take many different forms.
* is indistinguishable in many ways from race and sex discrimination.
* means limitation or denial to equal access.

Employment discrimination
* based on sexual orientation violates the central principle of fairness.
* is examined in the broader context of workforce diversity.
* serious problem facing low-income women.

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Gender discrimination
* continues to affect the lives of women all over the world.
* human rights violation intersecting all other forms of discriminations.
* includes paying women less than men for substantially the same kind of work.
* is one form of bias in the legal profession
  - of the major obstacles that affects peoples' perceptions
  - pervasive throughout the world
  - the world's most widespread form of social exclusion
* occurs when an employee is treated adversely because of their gender.

Genetic discrimination
* growing phenomenon in both health insurance and the workplace.
* is also likely to emerge from economic pressures
  - the other major civil liberty threatened by genetics research
* occurs before and after birth
  - when genetic information is used to treat people differently

Institutional discrimination
* refers to unequal treatment that is entrenched in social institutions.
* resides within the fabric of society.

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Nepotism
* are discrimination.
* can hide in various places.
* is an unusual instance of liberal individualism
  - favoritism shown to a relative by employment on the basis of relationship
* is the bestowal of political patronage by reason of relationship rather than of merit
  - name of the game in China's socio-political structure
  - universally a term of opprobrium or derision
* occurs fairly frequently in the film industry.
* provides opportunities for favortism in hiring, promoting and salary decisions.
* still reigns in Hollywood and people can acquire titles, thanks to their connections.

Positive discrimination
* is illegal in many countries.
+ Affirmative action: Discrimination :: Education
  * This is usually done to try to obtain some equality or balance. Positive discrimination is illegal in many countries.

Pregnancy discrimination
* form of sex discrimination.
* is illegal under the Saskatchewan Human Rights Code
* widespread problem in the maquiladoras.