BROCHURE ON DEFENSES AGAINST DISCRIMINATION

WHAT IS DISCRIMINATION? WHAT ARE THE TYPES AND HOW DO WE FIGHT DISCRIMINATION/

1. Act and educate y ourself about discrimination is the
first thing to do.

Speak up when y ou hear offensive jokes. Discriminatory
speech and actions should be denounced. Y ou have to
learn to speak up to let every one know that biased
actions and speech are never acceptable.

Explore y our own stereoty pes. Get involve on
community outreach activities.

Y ou have to unite and dig deeper as to where y ou fit in.
Learning about lives of people with diverse
characteristics can be done through reading. It is also a
good way to learn how different are y our experiences
from others.

You can start to change the way you think about
individual differences by being aware of the words y ou
use. The words y ou use can affect the ways y ou organize
y our world and others. The words y ou use can often be
y our subconcious way y ou perpetuate discrimination .
4. RA CE/COLOR DISCRIMINTION involves treating som eon e
(a n applicant or employee) unfavorably because he/she is of a certain
r a ce or because of personal characteristics associated with race (such
a s hair textu r e, skin color , or cer t a in fa cia l fea t u r es). Color
discrimination involves treating som eone unfavorably because of skin
color com plex ion .
5.SEX-BASED DISCRIMINATION involves treating
som eone (an applicant or em ployee) unfavorably because
of that person's sex.
3. DISA BILITY DISCRIMINATION occurs when an employer
or other entity covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, a s
a m ended, or the Rehabilitation Act, as amended, treats a qualified
in dividual with a disability who is a n em ploy ee or a pplica n t
u n fa v or a bly beca u se sh e h a s a disa bilit y ..
2. HA RASSMENT it is unlawful t o h a r a ss a per son (a n
a pplica n t or em ploy ee) beca u se of t h a t per son’s sex .
Harassment can include “sexual harassment” or unw elcom e
sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other ver ba l
or ph y sica l h a r a ssm en t of a sex u a l n a t u r e.
1. RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION involves treating a person (an
a pplicant or employee) unfavorably because of his or h er r elig iou s
beliefs. The law protects not only people who belong t o t r a dit ion a l,
or ganized religions, such as Buddhism, Ch r ist ia n it y , Hin du ism ,
Islam , and Judaism, but also others who have sincerely held religious,
et h ica l or m or a l beliefs.

DISCRIMINA T ION IS DEFINED A S T HE PRA CT ICE OF UNFA IRLY
T REATING A PERSON DIFFERENTLY FROM OT HER PEOPLE. IT CA N
HA PPEN ANYWHERE AND ANYTIME LIKE DISCRIMINATION AT WORK .
DISCRIMINATION IS AN UNJUST TREATMENT ON THE GROUNDS LIKE
RA CE, SEX OR AGE. DISCRIMINATION AGAINST HOMOSEX UA LS OR
RA CIA L DISCRIMINA T ION A RE COMMON EX A MPLE S.