for questions about claims based on discrimination.
Questions tagged [discrimination]
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Are women underpaid relative to men?
Many articles, such as this one, report a significant wage gap between men and women of 15% or more as evidence of discrimination. On the other hand, some sources, such as this one, claim that the gap can be explained by factors such as the…
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Is the gender pay gap evidence of discrimination?
(I've asked this before but people had troubling separating the question from just the gender pay gap. This is a way I was suggested to ask it, so I am giving it a try)
No one can deny the gender pay gap exists, but is it evidence of discrimination?…
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Are neo-Nazis calling for the murder and torture of Stack Exchange members?
Earlier today, a question was posted on the Meta Stack Exchange site. Here is an excerpt from that question:
Several right-wing websites have started reporting and thus directed attention of far-right groups to this network. I don't want to provide…
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Is a woman more likely than a man to be seriously injured in a car crash of similar severity?
This article makes a number of interesting points about the potential dangers faced by women in a world "designed for men", but I want to ask specifically about this claim:
But when a woman is involved in a car crash, she is 47% more likely to
be…
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Is it legal to hire only beautiful people?
Josephine Fairley wrote a column in the Telegraph claims that it is perfectly legal to hire only beautiful people.
But while it's illegal to discriminate on the grounds of gender, sex, race, religion, age or disability, there's nothing on the…
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Is professional software development discriminatory?
It's quite a common experience that there are fewer women and African (-American) people in programming as warranted by the natural proportions. It is not so obvious whether this is due to discrimination or cultural differences (the difference being…
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Did a Florida woman get 20 years jail for firing warning shots in the air?
In the wake of the recent Zimmerman trial, Shan Diddy (@shannycat81) posted a tweet that was retweeted over 7,000 times, including by noted skeptic, Paul Provenza.
Meanwhile, ALSO in Florida, a Black single mother gets 20 years in jail for firing…
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Is the abortion hanger a myth?
Recently protesters against the overturning of U.S.abortion law have often shown the “coat hanger” as the symbolic image of illegal abortion.
An extract from Wikipedia reads:
In a letter to The New York Times, gynecologist Waldo L. Fielding…
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Did a lawyer representing the Charlottesville flamethrower man say to kill little babies?
According the article Black nationalist lawyer accused of anti-Semitic remarks to investigate response to rally:
In addition to the allegations of promoting anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, the report includes remarks Shabazz allegedly made at a…
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Do full-time working women earn 77 cents for every dollar a man earns?
The White House claims that:
On average, full-time working women earn just 77 cents for every dollar a man earns.
Is it the case?
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Are fat people kidnapped less frequently?
This has been on T-shirts, in a Minions meme, and even some Q&A sites:
Fat people are hard to kidnap.
While the B-flick method of kidnapping (knock 'em unconscious and then carry the mark) is obviously harder the more the victim weighs, it is…
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Does USA imprison people of color at a higher rate than whites for the same crime convictions?
The Ben & Jerry's website says:
America locks people up at a higher rate than any other country, and bias is baked right in. If you’re a person of color or struggling to make ends meet, you’re more likely to be sent to prison than a white person…
user45933
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Are 4 out of 5 people persecuted for their religion, Christians?
A CitizenGo petition for aiding persecuted Christians claims that
Christians are the most persecuted people in the world, with 4 out of
5 persecuted people identifying as Christians
Are there official sources or statistics which support or…
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Is there currently an epidemic of crimes against Asian Americans?
There's a common belief that we're seeing an epidemic of crimes against Asian Americans. Claims are too numerous to cite comprehensively so I'll just cite President Biden's tweet:
We can’t be silent in the face of rising violence against Asian…
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Is the BBC gender pay gap due to discrimination?
The BBC has recently been reporting on it's own gender pay gap. In July 2017 it was revealed that Chris Evans tops list of best-paid stars with the top 7 being male. The next day the BBC announced that Male presenters could face wage cut and shortly…
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