"Discrimination" by Katherine DeMond

     Discrimination is making a distinction for or against someone based on gender, age, race, or religion. Discrimination hurts people by making them feel out of place or not welcome. When people are discriminated against in the work place, they may not be able to apply for certain jobs or get less pay then other people. Certain races were discriminated in schools because it was believed that people that were not white, were not as smart and were treated like they were dumb. Different races even had to go to separate schools than white people, as well as stores, fountains, restaurants, and they had to stand on the bus. The only time where I saw someone being discriminated against was when a boy at my elementary school had a reputation of being bad, so whenever anything bad happened, the  teachers would always look at him, even if it wasn't him, he was always under suspicion. This probably made him feel hurt, and a little annoyed too because it wasn't always him, and some people would purposely do something because they knew that they would get this one boy in trouble. This probably made him think that if that's what people think of me, and that I get into trouble without even doing something wrong, why try to be good? This is why we should not have stereotypes because people will just stop trying to be better if we automatically assume that they are the guilty ones.