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social prejudice

noun as in glass ceiling

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Dr Strelluf, author of Villains and Tea Leaves: Redefining Cockney and Defying Stereotypes, said: "Although the focus of the report is Cockney, it is relevant to all Englishes that invoke social prejudice and discrimination."

From BBC

And those who adopt the often longer names can draw unwanted questions or social prejudice, some say.

Heath portrays these men as victims of social prejudice, pointing to anonymous commenters online mocking the men's appearance.

From Salon

The day symbolized “the triumph of their race over a fast fading social prejudice and political injustice,” a reporter for the Times of London enthused prematurely.

While rejecting what they see as the widespread belief that all well-adjusted adults would couple-up if they could, these voluntary singles did express fear that social prejudice could affect their medical treatment.

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