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Discrimination according to Merriam Webster’s dictionary is the process by which two stimuli differing in some aspect are responded to differently[1]. This term was used to represent separation of races during and after the Civil War when African Americans were freed. After the 14th Amendment [1] was put into effect laws started arise that separated races “legally” and this is when discrimination rose. Members of one group are intentionally singled out and treated worse or not given the same opportunities as others because of a group they are categorized under. People started to realize that it was unfair how the races were being treated differently and this lead to the differences in treatment being referred to as discrimination. Over the years many forms of discrimination have come about including racial, gender, and sexual orientation.