ABSTRACT
Discrimination is an important topic. Many disadvantages and disrespectful forms of treatment endured by individuals result from or amount to discrimination. Not surprisingly, therefore, at least since the Civil Rights movement in the US, discrimination is often in the forefront when individuals complain about being unjustly worse off than others, or about being unjustly treated. Hence, understanding discrimination is important for understanding social inequalities as well as for understanding the politics and history of many societies. Indeed, because it is a tendency in many societies to see more and more disadvantages as reflecting discrimination, understanding discrimination could be an even more important task in the future.
