DontRunMeOver

Maybe, maybe not. Its use can be different.

Discrimination is differentiating between things (in this case people) based on their qualities and characteristics. It can be a negative thing or a positive thing. You have to discriminate between your left and right shoe, otherwise your feet become very uncomfortable. You also discriminate between people every day, people you know and people you don't, attractive and unattractive people, etc. Discrimination is a pretty general term for identifying differences between things and people.

Prejudice is a pre-conceived bias for or against something/someone (usually used in the against sense) which is taken before examination of the facts about the thing/person being judged.

Not quite the same. Discrimination also generally involves an action, whereas prejudice is more a state-of-mind. 'To discriminate' is a verb which is done to the object of discrimination, 'to prejudice' is a verb which is done to the person who may then carry out the discrimination.

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tdoc210

im bored

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We went back there and they had come and hacked off every inoculated arm. There they were in a pile. A pile of little arms. And I remember... I... I... I cried. I wept like some grandmother. I wanted to tear my teeth out. I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I want to remember it. I never want to forget it. I never want to forget. And then I realized... like I was shot... like I was shot with a diamond... a diamond bullet right through my forehead. And I thought: My God... the genius of that.

Kyren Tsunami

^_^! take it easy, don't take it on me!... But to my chorus class, they like it pretty much, they said I can use it for occasions.