Sentence examples for directed discrimination from inspiring English sources
Crenshaw's idea of intersectionality applies beyond race and gender to cover any social groups against which discrimination is directed: discrimination is inflected in different ways depending on the particular combination of social groups to which those persons discriminated against belong.
But advocate Eleanor Sharpston, one of the senior British members of the judiciary on the Luxembourg court, said the EU directive should be interpreted strictly and that Bougnaoui's dismissal amounted to direct discrimination on those grounds.
But in the Queen's speech in November, it was announced that the race relations act would be extended to the police and other public bodies only in relation to direct discrimination - thereby leaving institutional racism in crucial areas.
This might avoid the direct discrimination charge.
Again, there was direct discrimination.
The first is direct discrimination.
Brownlie found that this was direct discrimination.
'It's not direct discrimination going on.
Invisible barriers that hinder women's progression still exist, indirect and direct discrimination are still rife.
According to the court, this constituted direct discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation.
