discriminatory

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"However, it is observed that a few Member States continue to maintain restrictions, discriminatory measures, and the exclusion of the Myanmar Government from equal representation."

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

Weekend trips into nearby Hartford, where no venues imposed racial segregation, contrasted with everything King had seen in his native Atlanta, and with the discriminatory conditions he had endured on his rail journey northward.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Preclearance proved to be one of the Voting Rights Act’s most successful tools, blocking thousands of potentially discriminatory policies from ever taking effect.

From Slate • May 1, 2026

Youth worker Shaun Thompson and Silkie Carlo, from campaign group Big Brother Watch, brought the claim over concerns that facial recognition could be used arbitrarily or in a discriminatory way.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

Courts also had rejected claims that crack sentencing laws were racially discriminatory, largely on the grounds that the Supreme Court’s decision in McCleskey v.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander