How do I understand about "against+~"?

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Hi,I'm trying to understand the below sentence. but I'm feel quite a bit hard to understand."Ageism means discrimination against people because of their age. And sometimes people can be discriminated against in the workplace for being 'too old'."Would you please help me how to interpret "discrimination against people" and "sometimes people can be discriminated against in the workplace for being 'too old'."?

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

"discriminating against" means "to make a distinction against (not in favour!) some group of people or some individuals".

AlpheccaStars · Answer

Carter Lee"discrimination against people"

Sometimes people are discriminated against because they are women or minorities or old.

For example, the Joplin people are discriminated against in the Mimic society. (I am making up these words, because I don't want to offend anyone.)

The Mimic people are the majority. They own the businesses, all the apartments and all the land. They will hire a Joplin, but only at the lowest-level jobs with no opportunity for advancement. If a Mimic and a Joplin are hired for the same job, the Mimic will get a higher salary and get the promotion. A Mimic apartment owner will rent a flat to a Joplin, but charge 25% more rent than if he rented to a Mimic. The Mimic's kids all go to exclusive Mimic schools, where they have the best teachers, special tutors, computers, and small classes. The Joplin's kids go to old run-down schools with old textbooks, no technology, and very large classes. The Joplin teenage males get involved in crime because they have no hope for getting ahead in life. Many of them go to prison, or get killed in gang violence.

The Mimics discriminate against the Joplins.

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