This is the essence of discrimination: formulating opinions about…

This is the essence of discrimination: formulating opinions about others not based on their individual merits, but rather on their membership in a group with assumed characteristics.

Joe Miller

Philadelphia · 1993

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Philadelphia. Directed by Jonathan Demme. Clinica Estetico/TriStar Pictures, 1993.

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