What laws exist to protect people from discrimination and hate speech in the United States?
What laws exist to protect people from discrimination and hate speech in the United States?
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In the United States, discrimination and hate speech are prohibited by a variety of laws at the federal and state level.  These include civil rights laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability and gender.  Other laws prohibit public school discrimination as well as employment discrimination and retaliation for reporting discriminatory practices. Hate speech is prohibited in some cases by constitutional law and other legal regulations designed to protect individuals from inflammatory language targeted at their personal characteristics or beliefs.
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What laws exist to protect people from discrimination and hate speech in the United States?
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In the United States, discrimination and hate speech are prohibited by a range of laws at both federal and state level. Federal laws prohibiting discrimination include the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. There are also various state laws that prohibit discrimination based on racial, ethnic or religious grounds. Additionally, there are laws that protect people from hate speech such as the NAACP v Bond decision in 1971 which prohibits inflammatory speeches or advocacy that encourages imminent lawless action.
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