Racism and sexism are both examples of discrimination that happen daily in contemporary society. Unfortunatel many instances of discrimination go unnoticed and unchecked because the society, more specifically the United States, is supposedly past the era of discriminatory practices in work, education and day to day living. "In fact, racism and sexism can be unintentional as well as intentional and good people who mean well can inadvertently
say things that are racist and sexist and homophobic" (Rothenberg 210).
Intentional discrimination is what comes to mind when most people think of discrimination. In other words, intentional discrimination is a purposeful, systematic way of thinking in which one places a group of people on a lower standard based on race, sex, class, religion and the like. It is also important to understand that intentional discrimination can be carried out from an individual standpoint as well as in a more structured setting such as in the arena of the......
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