Discrimination on the basis of such grounds as subcultural preference (Punks, Hippies?, Mods vs. Rockers?) is also common.
Discrimination spans the spectrum from exceedingly mild, such as slow or unhelpful retail service, through racial and ethnic slurs, denial of jobs or housing, to hate crimes and genocide.
Many governments have attempted to control discrimination through [civil rights]? legislation, while in other regimes discrimination has been formalized and government-supported. Examples of the latter include apartheid in South Africa, institutionalized racial segregation in the USA from the Civil War through the 1960's, the "Jewish problem" in Nazi Germany, or re-education camps in some communist countries, Also see collectivism, hate crime, [civil rights movement]?, race, white supremacy, apartheid, race riot, anti-semitism, homophobia, speciesism
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