What is Discrimination? ISU Presentation

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Discrimination is all around us.

Its just one of many topics indiana state university is focusing on this month for black history month..

"dialogue surronding these issues are swept under the rug or we hesitate to talk about " new for you tonight at 10 news 10's sarah lehman is live in our newsroom to explain why this topic is an important conversation.

Patrece... this was just one of the many presentations the african american cultural center on indiana state university's campus has held.

It's something organizers and students say more people should be eduacated on.

What is discrimination?

That was the topic of discussion wednesday night at indiana state university's charles e.

Brown african american cultural center.

" i think it's important for everyone to know so they can follow the correct guidelines and say okay this isn't right."

But it wasn't just about discriminaction of race or gender.

Jordan barton is an attorney with the indiana civil rights commission.

He talked about indiana law when it comes to all kinds of discrimination and what legal rights you have.

"just to bring this information to the public so that they're aware of what their rights are."

/// "i want to make sure that i'm not just versed on race and gender but all kinds of discrimination that a person may face in this world."

People who were there say it's important to be educated in these kinds of topics.

"the best way to remove these kinds of things from society is to learn about it to understand to find what causes it to identify it and then to take proactive pro social steps to eliminate it."

Students say this is important for everyone to learn especially before you leave college... enter the work force... and work with people of all kinds of backgrounds and upbringings.

"it's good to know that people understand how to go about -- legally how to go about accomidations and how not to discriminate and how to spot discrimnation.

/// eveyrone should know about this topic because you're going to deal with some form of discrimination in your life."

You can find more about your civil rights on our website wthi tv dot ocm.

Reporting live in the newsroom i'm sarah lehman news 10 back to you.