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Genetic discrimination is a rising issue in Argentina. [66] Health plans discriminate against those who have disabilities or who have genetic conditions. [67] In the past decade, however, National Law 26689 was passed providing patients with the right to not experience discrimination as a result of genetic conditions. [67]
Multiple sclerosis, for example, is typically associated with people of European descent, but due to admixture African Americans have elevated levels of the disorder relative to Africans. [87] Some diseases and physiological variables vary depending upon their admixture ratios. Examples include measures of insulin functioning [88] and obesity. [89]
The Washington Heights-Inwood Columbia Aging Project in 2020 collected data on the percentages of people aged 65 or older with Alzheimer's disease or other types of Dementia. For each demographic ages 65–74, 75-84, and 85+, the proportion of African Americans with Alzheimer's were two times larger than the proportion of white individuals ...
For example, disabilities such as mental illness, blindness and deafness were all considered hereditary diseases; therefore, people with these disabilities were sterilized. The law also created propaganda against people with disabilities; people with disabilities were displayed as unimportant towards progressing the Aryan race. [12]
Discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS or serophobia is the prejudice, fear, rejection, and stigmatization of people with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV people living with HIV/AIDS). Marginalized, at-risk groups such as members of the LGBTQ+ community, intravenous drug users, and sex workers are most vulnerable to facing HIV/AIDS discrimination.
Several scales have been developed to capture different types of discrimination, with over 90% of scales designed by researchers in the U.S. [25] Racism, for example, is most often measured using the Perceived Racism Scale, the Schedule of Racists Events, the Index of Race Related Stress, and the Racism and Life Experiences Scale. [6] [26]
Examples include discrimination against Chinese people who were born in regions of the countryside that are far away from cities that are located within China, and discrimination against Americans who are from the southern or northern regions of the United States. It is often accompanied by discrimination that is based on accent, dialect, or ...
Discrimination against people with substance use disorders is a form of discrimination against people with this disease. In the United States, people with substance use disorders are often blamed for their disease, which is often seen as a moral failing, due to a lack of public understanding about substance use disorders being diseases of the ...