This document defines and provides examples of various types of discrimination, prejudice, and intolerance, including stereotyping, racism, sexism, classism, linguicism, ablism, ageism, heterosexism, religious intolerance, and xenophobia. It explains that these forms of discrimination involve unfair treatment or beliefs that certain groups are inferior due to characteristics such as race, gender, social class, language use, disability status, age, sexual orientation, religion, or nationality.

1. • Crux of stereotyping,
• Prejudice, preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience.
• Racism,a the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities
specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another
race or races.
• Bigotry.intolerance toward those who hold different opinions from oneself.
• Racism, the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities
specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another
race or races
• Sexism, Sexismor gender discrimination is prejudice or discrimination based on a
person's sex or gender. Sexism can affect any gender, but it is particularly documented
as affecting women and girls.
• Classism, prejudice against or in favor of people belonging to a particular social class.
• Linguicism, Linguistic discrimination (also called linguicism and languagism) is the unfair
treatment of an individual based solely on their use of language.
• Ablism, is discrimination and social prejudice against people with disabilities. Ableism
characterizes persons as defined by their disabilities, and as inferior to the non-disabled.
• Ageism, prejudice or discrimination on the basis of a person's age.
• Heterosexism, iscrimination or prejudice against homosexuals on the assumption that
heterosexuality is the normal sexual orientation.
Religiousintolerance,and Religious intolerance is intolerance against
another's religious beliefs or practices or lack thereof.
• Xenophobia. intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries.