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The following addition was removed with the comment "revert original research/editoril interpretation; sources are full of anecdotes but do not support them being called discrimination":

Drug Use

In addition to imprisonment and torture,^[1] people who use certain drugs face discrimination in voting, employment, housing, and child custody.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

^ Szalavitz, Maia (2012-08-03). "Human Rights Watch: Hundreds of Thousands Still Tortured in Name of Drug Treatment". Time. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
^ Knafo, Saki (2013-07-25). "Voting Rights Of Black Americans Trampled By 'New Jim Crow,' Civil Rights Advocates Say". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
^ Winsten, Richard D.; Millus, Paul F. (2014-08-06). "Cannabis Conundrum: Medical Marijuana Law and Employers". New York Law Journal. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
^ Greenhouse, Linda (2002-03-27). "Justices Rule Drug-Eviction Law Is Fair". New York Times. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
^ Riggs, Mike (2013-05-08). "Even in 2013, Parents Who Use Marijuana Risk Losing Their Kids". Reason. Retrieved 2014-08-06.

The removal of the addition, each point of which is well documented using a reliable source, leaves one at a loss how such a palpable truth might be framed so as to merit inclusion.

Danny Sprinkle (talk) 20:06, 6 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Take a look at what the sources cited are: four news articles and one paper in a legal journal. If it is a 'palpable truth' there will be papers in peer-reviewed social science journals that should be cited. Werhdnt (talk) 18:09, 6 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I have added an expanded revision that addresses the above criticisms, with more sources, including several peer-reviewed social science journal articles. Danny Sprinkle (talk) 18:41, 6 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

My Edits to the First Paragraph(s)

Well here's how it stands now:

Discrimination is action that denies social participation or human rights to categories of people based on prejudice.[citation needed] This includes treatment of an individual or group based on their actual or perceived membership in a certain group or social category, "in a way that is worse than the way people are usually treated".[1] It involves the group's initial reaction or interaction, influencing the individual's actual behavior towards the group or the group leader, restricting members of one group from opportunities or privileges that are available to another group, leading to the exclusion of the individual or entities based on logical or irrational decision making.[2]

Not all discrimination is based on prejudice, however. In the U.S., government policy known as affirmative action was instituted to encourage employers and universities to seek out and accept groups such as African-Americans and women, who have been subject to the opposite kind of discrimination for a long time.[3] Discriminatory traditions, policies, ideas, practices, and laws exist in many countries and institutions in every part of the world, even in ones where discrimination is generally looked down upon. In some places, controversial attempts such as quotas have been used to benefit those believed to be current or past victims of discrimination—but have sometimes been called reverse discrimination themselves.

It didn't used to specify 'Not all discrimination is based on prejudice.' If someone could compare the older versions before my revisions to my revisions and give me some feedback, I'd appreciate it. It might be better to put it back the way it was before, and not over-complicate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Psx1337 (talk • contribs) 16:57, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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2.50.87.217 you need a source for this. can you explain what the issue is, to which you are referring, and maybe I can help you find a source? Thanks Jytdog (talk) 21:36, 19 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Szalavitz, Maia (2012-08-03). "Human Rights Watch: Hundreds of Thousands Still Tortured in Name of Drug Treatment". Time. Retrieved 2014-08-06.

[2] Knafo, Saki (2013-07-25). "Voting Rights Of Black Americans Trampled By 'New Jim Crow,' Civil Rights Advocates Say". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2014-08-06.

[3] Winsten, Richard D.; Millus, Paul F. (2014-08-06). "Cannabis Conundrum: Medical Marijuana Law and Employers". New York Law Journal. Retrieved 2014-08-06.

[4] Greenhouse, Linda (2002-03-27). "Justices Rule Drug-Eviction Law Is Fair". New York Times. Retrieved 2014-08-06.

[5] Riggs, Mike (2013-05-08). "Even in 2013, Parents Who Use Marijuana Risk Losing Their Kids". Reason. Retrieved 2014-08-06.

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 : Take a look at what the sources cited are: four news articles and one paper in a legal journal. If it is a 'palpable truth' there will be papers in peer-reviewed social science journals that should be cited. [[User:Werhdnt|Werhdnt]] ([[User talk:Werhdnt|talk]]) 18:09, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
+I have added an expanded revision that addresses the above criticisms, with more sources, including several peer-reviewed social science journal articles. [[User:Danny Sprinkle|Danny Sprinkle]] ([[User talk:Danny Sprinkle|talk]]) 18:41, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
 == My Edits to the First Paragraph(s) ==