anti-discrimination laws
Bias prevention statutes
Anti-discrimination laws are statutes prohibiting unequal treatment based on characteristics like race, sex, religion, disability, or national origin.
They typically cover employment, housing, education, and public accommodations: The company violated anti-discrimination laws by refusing to hire qualified women.
Such laws may require reasonable accommodations or affirmative measures, not just neutral treatment.
- genderSocial identity category
- raceCompetition of speed
- equalitySame status for all
- disparate impactDiscrimination through neutral practices
- pay equityEqual pay for equal work
unequal pay · inclusion · disability · reasonable accommodation · EEOC · protected classes · employment · civil rights · Jim Crow · equal protection · Title VII · litigation · sexual orientation · penalties · education · voting rights · marriage equality · affirmative action
- ageismageism, elder abuse, elder neglect, adultism, patronizing
- LGBTQ discriminationhomophobia, transphobia, biphobia, hate crimes, prejudice
- LGBTQ rightsgay rights, trans rights, lesbian rights, gay marriage, marriage equality
- LGBTQ+ rightsgay rights, equal rights, lesbian rights, transgender rights, LGBTQ+ rights
- Racial Justiceracial justice, racial equality, anti-racism, civil rights, equal rights
- social justiceracial justice, privilege, white privilege, economic justice, equal opportunity
anti-discrimination lawsJim Crow laws
Post-Reconstruction racial separation statutes
apartheid laws · segregation laws · discriminatory laws · Nuremberg Laws · Chinese Exclusion Act
anti-discrimination lawsdiversity initiatives
Programs promoting workforce variety
best practices · self-regulation · honor codes · gentlemen's agreements · moral suasion
anti-discrimination lawscaste systems
Hereditary class hierarchies