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Quiz: Is that discrimination? quiz

It's not right to be singled out and treated worse than others because of who you are. But it happens to people all the time. Many types of discrimination are against the law, but not all. Do you know what counts as discrimination, and when it's illegal? Take our quiz to check your knowledge.

  1. 1. A small group of young men with strong Liverpudlian accents are refused entry to a nightclub in London when other groups of young men are let in. Is that discrimination?

  2. 2. Restaurant staff ask the parents of child with a severe skin condition to leave because she is putting other customers off their food. Is that discrimination?

  3. 3. After police terrorist searches in their area, people shout abuse at local Muslim families and throw rubbish into their garden. Is that discrimination?

  4. 4. A shop assistant is sacked from a newsagents after he refuses to obey the owner’s instruction not to let any black youths into the shop. Is that discrimination?

  5. 5. A job advertisement says a charity is looking for female applicants to work in a refuge for women who have suffered from domestic abuse. Is that discrimination?

  6. 6. A woman is given the cold shoulder by everyone at work after backing up a colleague’s claims that she is being discriminated against by her supervisor because she is bisexual. Is that discrimination?

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