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dis⋅crim⋅i⋅na⋅tion 1. an act or instance of discriminating. 2. treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs rather than on individual merit: racial and religious intolerance and discrimination. 3. the power of making fine distinctions; discriminating judgment: She chose the colors with great discrimination. 4. Archaic. something that serves to differentiate
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Discrimination is a touching subject. I don't think I can remember ever feeling as if I was being discriminated against but once when working at a hospital. My supervisor appeared to me to be very discriminating because he would treat another social worker differently than me and another social worker. It was certain instances where we had to take our licensure exam before being employed there for a whole year. Well the social worker that was there when I was hired had been there a year already without a license. The months were going by and I couldn't understand why she did not loose her job as a result of not becoming licensed. I became pregnant and went on maternity leave. He asked prior to me going on leave whether I wanted to be on leave for 6 weeks or 12. I chose 12 to be on the safe side, but knowing that I would return before 12 weeks were up. About 7 weeks came after I had my baby and I contacted my supervisor to ask when I could return to work and he stated that my position was filled because you usually suppose to take 6 weeks for pregnancy not 12.(Not to mention none of this was said when he asked me how long I was going to take!)I was so upset. He was very scandalous and never took up for his workers when somone else was in the wrong. He would always leave you out there to burn. But like they say when you do people wrong, wrong comes back to you. After I lost my position a couple of months later he got fired. Oh and the social worker that never got licensed is still there.
How can acts of discrimination act as risk factors? What protective factors can be put in place to mitigate the damage of discrimination?
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