Intro: To Discrimination in our world

This first piece I decided to show you is a major witting assignment written in the middle of the quarter. We had to write an essay about a word, describe what it meant and how is is used and what it means today. My word really didn't change much because it is the same where ever anyone goes. In this piece of discribtive writting I gave me the power of using my own personal words into the discribtive peice. I think that words today has many different meanings and many don't think of the outcome of the words we use.
This paper has helped me be a better writer to give a great essay.

For Example: Discrimination is to give disrespect of another person by judging someone by their nature of origin.

This descriptive essay gave me power on how I could used different words with different phrases and the way we use language to day in our society.This essay has given me a sense of how a essay is supposed to be written and how well you can describe a word with out using the definition out of the dictionary.



Melissa Christensen
May 11, 2007
Final Draft


Discrimination in our world

To give disrespect of another person by judging someone by their nature or origin is how it becomes part of everyone’s life. Have you ever heard the term “never judge a book by its cover?” Discrimination is an issue that everyone has concerns about; weather it be age, race, religion, gender or any person different than another. To judge a person on how they look, how they act, or even how they smell is discrimination. Many do not want to bring up the topic or words because of the past and the outcome of the future. There are many different way we can use discriminating words. How we treat people in today society is how we can overcome our fear of letting people know that our world has different cultures and not to judge a person on the outside; it is what is on the inside that counts.


In our divers culture today there should not be any discrimination against another, but you would be surprised at how many people are discriminated against. Most people are aware of the fact that people have rights and equal opportunities. Although there are many way to describe discrimination in today’s society; the fact is that many people are still are getting abused in many ways. For example if there is a person who has a disability that cannot perform a job duty and is released from that position it is discrimination. For more than a decade people have struggled for the right not to be in a place were they will be judged or characterized by how they are.

Racism is discrimination against people of color. It is distinguishing the differences between human being. To be in a position that prohibits someone to do their job because of their race or color of their skin; is discrimination. There are many ways people can (beat around the bush) “If I may say.” by just giving that disgusting look that people get when something smells bad; you can sense that you are getting treated in a different way. It hurts when someone gets put down because of their color.

Gender is discrimination toward the opposite sex. Stereotyping held by society is many ways women workers still are getting paid only 70% of what the men make. It is hard to get a pay raise or climb the corporate ladder. Many employees do give the promotions in the increasing gender society, but there are people out there that think the women should stay in the kitchen.

Age is discrimination that adolescent or minorities have a lower standard of grasping the whole concept of having responsibilities’ that many are put in a group of the careless teenagers. Even employer have discrimination against the age of the work force, although in today’s society many minorities are responsible enough to become one of the best employees at a job.
Nevertheless, there are many who have discrimination against a person over the age of 50; many employers do not like to hire a person who is at of age or they are ready to retire. The employer has discrimination against people who cannot keep up with the work force. They believe that the person cannot perform the techniques that the job requires.


Religion is discrimination, although people who believe in god or Mary are the one who are going to be saved. There is a discrimination of the different types of beliefs that one will say god will save us and another would say that Mary will come to save us all. There are many ways in which you could say that one religion is better than the other, but matter at hand of discrimination each religion has different out looks on how the world was created and how we are all going to be saved.




Many of society keeps discrimination on a low level of secrecy, but the fact is that we all have been discriminated against in one point and time. What better way to reduce societies out look on what is right and what is wrong. Many fear the potential risk involved in the discussion of race, age, gender and religion. The possibilities of out future are endless; if we can put our discrimination aside and look on the bright side of the people around us.

Many keep the rude and insane comments to their selfs in today’s society, but it is still out there for someone to abuse the personal space of another.
To judge a person about how they look, they smell, they live and putting them down for the way they are is discrimination. Many people would find it rude, ignorant, or just plain stupid to complain on how a person is.