Race And Ethnicity Discrimination

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In our everyday life, consciously or unconsciously we go through some sort of race and ethnicity classification as well as discrimination and prejudice. In my discussion, I am going explain the evidence I have on discrimination and the effects the issues have on my life experience. Race and ethnicity are sociological classifications because I think society classified some race and ethnicity as superior to others. For example, in the USA, Hispanic, African American and Asian American are considered minorities and are at the bottom of race and ethnicity class. Although, I have experienced discrimination before, my experiences were not mostly related to racial discrimination. I applied for a job before and I didn’t get the job because of my

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