Sentences with phrase «discriminate against a group of people»

What is more perverse then using human - created mythology to discriminate against a group of people who had no choice in the matter?

The US Supreme Court often applies two levels of scrutiny to laws that may discriminate against groups of people.

Not exact matches

That centralizes the potential for and magnitude of abuse, with Big Data used to discriminate against groups, steer vulnerable people to financial scams, and meddle in U.S. elections.

I have no problem with companies run according to religious beliefs as long as they don't discriminate against anyone and don't contribute millions of dollars to causes specifically desigened to deny rights to any group of people.

Israel's policies that segregate and discriminate against one group of people prove it isn't hard at all for Israel to have apartheid.

She is the leader, she's presiding over legislation that is discriminating against a whole group of people who came from the Commonwealth, who suffered racism when they came over - the no «blacks, no Irish, no dogs» - and now they're having to relive that trauma all over again because of Theresa May.»

Naomi Phillips, BHA Head of Public Affairs, commented, «Through wide exceptions that exempt religious organisations from significant parts of the law, the Equality Act gives excessive privileges specifically to religious groups, permitting them to discriminate against not only gay and lesbian people but against the non-religious and those of other religions.

Speaking in support of Li, he said, «we're talking about someone from a minority group and I see no reason that person would turn around and willfully discriminate against someone (else).»

In a famous series of experiments conducted in the 1970s, social psychologist Henri Tajfel asked how little it would take to persuade one group of people to discriminate against another.

Up until that time, some communities attempted to discriminate against black people and members of other minority groups.

Angel's Rest Animal Society does not, by policy or practice, discriminate against a person or group on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, marital or military status, or based on any individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

Basically, a discrimination class action lawsuit can be filed in Kansas or Missouri when a group of people have been discriminated against by the same employer in a similar way.

In this Canada Trinity Western can lawfully discriminate against LGBT students because it operates in British Columbia, where under s. 41 of the Human Rights Code, an educational institution that promotes the interests and welfare of a common religion does not discriminate just because it grants «a preference to members of the identifiable group or class of persons».

(a) the complaint or that part of the complaint is not within the jurisdiction of the tribunal; (b) the acts or omissions alleged in the complaint or that part of the complaint do not contravene this Code; (c) there is no reasonable prospect that the complaint will succeed; (d) proceeding with the complaint or that part of the complaint would not (i) benefit the person, group or class alleged to have been discriminated against, or (ii) further the purposes of this Code; (e) the complaint or that part of the complaint was filed for improper motives or made in bad faith; (f) the substance of the complaint or that part of the complaint has been appropriately dealt with in another proceeding; (g) the contravention alleged in the complaint or that part of the complaint occurred more than 6 months before the complaint was filed unless the complaint or that part of the complaint was accepted under section 22 (3).

Under s. 15 of the Charter people can not be discriminated against based on race.7 If carding is found to systematically target certain racial groups or discriminate based on race then the practice may be found unconstitutional.

210 to 213) infringe s. 2 (d) freedom of association rights because these provisions prevent prostitutes from joining together to increase their personal safety; s. 7 security of the person rights due to the possibility of arrest and imprisonment and because the provisions prevent prostitutes from taking steps to improve the health and safety conditions of their work; s. 15 equality rights because the provisions discriminate against members of a disadvantaged group; and s. 2 (b) freedom of expression rights by making illegal communication which could serve to increase safety and security.