Every time you decide what to watch on TV or eat for lunch, you discriminate. Discrimination is a perfectly valid human activity.It reflects an idea of white people being at the top. Racism Around the Nation, DOJ Working to Hold Racists Accountable. "It's reprehensible," Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee said. From a birther screed to critiques of her racial identity and performance of gender, the presumptive vice president nominee faces a rocky road. She said it wasn't until the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 that Black people were protected against racial discrimination in voting. Pate claimed these programs "proactively encourage discrimination in the workplace," and do the opposite of what they claim to do. Kamala was born in Oakland, California. I'm sure she lived an upper class life.