Case study articles

lookism

1. Discrimination or prejudice based on a person's physical appearance.

http://www.geocities.com/s_cullars/lookism.htm

http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=123853&page=1

http://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2005/04/18/29307/overweight-and-underpaid-as-lookism-sweeps-the-world.html


Ageism
1. Discrimination against persons of a certain age group.
2. A tendency to regard older persons as debilitated, unworthy of attention, or unsuitable for employment.

http://www.apa.org/monitor/may03/fighting.html

http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/ageism.html



Disablism

Disalism is used to describe inherent discrimination against people with disabilities in favor of people who are not disabled

http://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2007/06/13/40965/disability-discrimination-and-extending-company-sick-pay.html

Xenophobia

An unreasonable fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers or of that which is foreign or strange.