Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved March 12, 2014 from: http://merriam-webster.com/dictionary/discrimination The dictionary states that discrimination means: 1.

The practice of unfairly treating a person or group of people differently from other people or groups of people 2. The ability to recognize the difference between things that are of good quality and those that are not 3. The ability to understand that one thing is different from another thing FindLaw. Retrieved March 15, 2014 from: http://employment.findlaw.com/employment-discrimination.html?DCMP=GOOEMP_Discrimination-Define&HBX_PK=what+is+discrimination Employment discrimination comes in many forms gender discrimination, age discrimination, disability discrimination, religious discrimination, race discrimination, sexual harassment, sexual orientation discrimination, pregnancy discrimination and national origin discrimination.