The Federal Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973 prohibits discrimination against...
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Joe Miller:
[sitting on opposite sides of the table in the library, reading to each other from their text books]
The Federal Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973 prohibits discrimination against otherwise qualified handicapped persons who are able to perform the duties required by their employment. Although the ruling did not address the specific issue of HIV and AIDS discrimination...
Andrew Beckett:
Subsequent decisions have held that AIDS is protected as a handicap under law, not only because of the physical limitations it imposes, but because the prejudice surrounding AIDS exacts a social death which precede... which precedes the actual physical one.
Joe Miller:
This is the essence of discrimination: formulating opinions about others not based on their individual merits, but rather on their membership in a group with assumed characteristics.
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The federal vocational rehabilitation act of 1973 prohibits discrimination
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Against otherwise qualified handicapped persons
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Who are able to perform the duties required by their employment
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Although the ruling did not address the specific issue
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Of HIV and aids discrimination
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Subsequent decisions have held that aids is protected
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As a handicap under law
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Not only because of the physical limitations it imposes
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But because the prejudice surrounding aids exacts a social death which prece
Clip duration: 34 seconds
Views: 417
Timestamp in movie: 00h 38m 49s
Uploaded: 17 November, 2022
Genres: drama
Summary: When a man with HIV is fired by his law firm because of his condition, he hires a homophobic small time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a wrongful dismissal suit.
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