discrimination
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Instead the Health Department told us it is “committed to following state law, which provides nursing home residents certain rights protecting against discrimination including, but not limited to, gender identity or expression.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Under Batson, the first step asks whether the defendant has made a prima facie showing of discrimination.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026
It also pointed to Wireless's own charter, which says the festival does not tolerate discrimination on grounds including religion and that "discriminatory words or actions have no place" at the event.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
Indeed, any stated purposes appear unrelated to the Civil Rights Act’s aims of combating racial discrimination.
From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026
Though segregation and discrimination still prevail and still work a hardship, great strides have been made—strides that must give hope to every observer of the South.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
Vocabulary lists containing discrimination
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham
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"On Women's Right to Vote" by Susan B. Anthony
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