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= Legally Allowable Discrimination in the US=

Two legal points that will help clear up some confusion going on above:


 * In the US it *is* legal for both the government and individuals to discriminate on on the basis of race, sex, religion, national origin, age, etc. -- if there is a good enough reason.
 * Discriminating against certain groups is considered innately less valid (or, more suspect) than discriminating against other groups. For example there is more leeway to discriminating on the basis of sex than on the basis of race ... and it is more likely to be legal to discriminate on the basis of age, disability and political affiliation than on the basis of sex.

Different groups and different situations get different types of protection.

See:


 * Suspect classification
 * Strict scrutiny
 * Intermediate scrutiny
 * Rational basis review