The Civil Rights Act of 1964, enacted in response to the Civil Rights Movement, prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, race, religion, nationality, or color. Yet there are still ways in which people are legally discriminated against. People under 25 cannot rent cars, and some LGBT couples are refused wedding services because of vendors’ religious beliefs. This video will examine the legal definition of discrimination, and discuss when exceptions are made and it is deemed legal to discriminate.
