Christy Grob
SOC-220
November 3, 2013
Professor Loyd Ganey

Gender, race, and age discrimination occur in American society because of defiant behavior because of one’s self. “From the outset, race, class gender, and age have been cited as variables that contribute to deviant behavior. The prevailing question of the field early on was “Why are people deviant?” (Access, 2008). Discrimination is a big problem in American society today. “Discrimination can be based on age, religion, health, and other indicators; race based discrimination and anti-discrimination laws strive to address this set of social problems. The terms stereo type, prejudice, discrimination, and racism are often used interchangeably in everyday conversation. When you discuss the terms from a sociological perspective, it is important to define them: stereo types are over simplified about groups of people, prejudice refers to thoughts and feelings, while discrimination refers to actions towards them. Racism on the other hand is a type of prejudice that involves set beliefs” (College, 2013). Discrimination is always plastered all over the media for one reason or another. Coaches are always being fired for not being a certain race. These types of stereo types occur because people believe that they deserve an opportunity over someone else because of one of the factors. Discrimination of age with a promotion. Gender discrimination when it comes to a man being better than a woman or vice versa when it comes to duties that a specific gender does. Example: a man would be a mechanic and not a woman. A woman would be a homemaker and not a man. Old people are discriminated against because of their age. The old aged people are thought of as a waste of time, not physically capable of doing anything and the young would be a better choice. In my hometown of Champaign, Illinois we had to give up the chief