Sentences with phrase «arbitrary distinctions based»

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People are forced by social arrangements and expectations based on prejudice into situations that make the intrinsically irrational and arbitrary racial distinctions to some degree justified.

The patriotism which comes from minority groups is often based on a clear - headed recognition of the benefits of life here, rather than the arbitrary distinction of simply being born here.

Race is an artificial and arbitrary social construct, and there is no biological or scientific basis for the racial distinctions we make between people.

As well the direct connection between level of disability and functional impairments means characterization could create arbitrary results unless distinctions based on reading the printed word, using a conventional telephone or walking upstairs are treated in the same fashion as distinctions based on visual, auditory or mobility disabilities.