[hawk_]

Discrimination is around things that an individual can't choose (religion being the weird elephant in the room). Fair or not, this isn't discrimination.

[oldkinglog]

In the UK, the Equality Act (2010) protects: age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership (in employment only), pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation.

Pregnancy, maternity, marriage, civil partnerships and gender re-assignment are usually chosen by individuals, not forced upon them.

[Scarblac]

Disagree on gender re-assignment, people don't choose to have gender dysphoria just like they don't choose sexual orientation.

[oldkinglog]

I didn't mean to imply that people choose to have gender dysphoria, sorry if it came off that way.

[usr1106]

Pregnancy and maternity are desired by the society as a whole. So they might receive some positive discrimination.

(Stress on might and some, probably still not enough in may rich countries to stop native population from shrinking.)

[simonbarker87]

Many people can’t choose where they live either. Getting a visa to the US is a ludicrous process and even if they wanted to they maybe tied by family obligations.

[hawk_]

But people don't choose to be rich or poor exactly either. As a general rule, discrimination is around things for which there's no choice. Having a choice over where they live or whether they are rich doesn't mean it's easy or practical. But that can't make it grounds for discrimination, even if unfair.

[badosu]

Ability to live anywhere in the world is a choice?

[neoberg]

yes if you're a citizen of one of the US, CA, EU

[isbvhodnvemrwvn]

You can't just live in the US as a reason living in the EU.

[badosu]

TIL

[thewakalix]

I don't think that rule holds in general. For another example besides religion, you can choose whether or not to marry interracially.

[ganarajpr]

So, you think a software engineer in India can just "choose" to come and work in the US ?

[goodpoint]

Since when people chose where to be born?