anti-discrimination

Against unequal treatment

Anti-discrimination describes laws, policies, or efforts designed to prevent unfair treatment based on characteristics like race, sex, religion, age, or disability.

The company updated its anti-discrimination policy after the lawsuit.

Anti-discrimination measures aim to ensure equal opportunity in employment, housing, education, and public services.

legal

Civil Rights Act

Law prohibiting discrimination

  • Title VIIEmployment discrimination prohibition statute
  • ADAThree-letter abbreviation, multiple meanings
  • EEOCFederal workplace discrimination agency

equal opportunity · protected class · harassment · lawsuit · settlement · remedies · injunction · damages · disparate impact · hostile environment

equality

equity

Impartial treatment or ownership value

human rights · dignity · civil rights · equal treatment · fairness · impartiality · equal opportunity · social justice · human dignity · equal protection

inclusivity

diversity

State of varied elements

accessibility · multiculturalism · integration · pluralism · inclusion · tolerance · respect · empowerment · accommodation · barrier-free

policy

affirmative action

Programs boosting marginalized representation

employee handbook · investigation · corrective action · reasonable accommodation · undue hardship · diversity hiring · quota · outreach programs

advocacy

activism

Direct effort for reform

march · petition · awareness · education · reform · coalition · grassroots · lobbying · civil disobedience · solidarity

Categories
Opposites
policy stance toward discrimination

anti-discriminationdiscriminatory

Showing unfair distinction

segregationist · Jim Crow · apartheid · segregation · exclusionary

Family

antidiscrimination

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