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minus-squarepomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·9 months agoYeah yeah not protected, but same could be said for requiring blond hair or blue eyes. Still discrimination I am not a lawyer
minus-squareNateSwift@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 months agoThey did specifically list genetics
minus-squarepomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·9 months agoHow is that different from any other accident of birth that can’t be changed? People really do discriminate based on when you were born: Discrimination in China Zodiac shaming Not hard to extrapolate a case from this. Imagine a landlord refusing to rent because you’re a “scorpio” or an employer turning you down because they’re looking for a “dog” person.
minus-squareLastYearsPumpkin@feddit.chlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·9 months agoBecause requiring blond hair and blue eyes would, by definition, exclude people based on race.
minus-squareAFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoNot necessarily true, but 100% discrimination based on genetics, which is a protected class.
minus-squarepomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·9 months agoYeah bad example. I’m on break at work
minus-squareKISSmyOS@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoAnd that’s probably for the better.
minus-squarepomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoTell me how you really feel why don’t you
Yeah yeah not protected, but same could be said for requiring blond hair or blue eyes. Still discrimination
I am not a lawyer
They did specifically list genetics
How is that different from any other accident of birth that can’t be changed? People really do discriminate based on when you were born:
Not hard to extrapolate a case from this. Imagine a landlord refusing to rent because you’re a “scorpio” or an employer turning you down because they’re looking for a “dog” person.
Because requiring blond hair and blue eyes would, by definition, exclude people based on race.
Not necessarily true, but 100% discrimination based on genetics, which is a protected class.
Yeah bad example. I’m on break at work
And that’s probably for the better.
Tell me how you really feel why don’t you