there's two different components of a discrimination suit.

the first thing you have to prove is that you're being discriminated against, and that's the easy part - discrimination is rampant. and, trust me, i'm dealing with a ton of it, and people that don't even understand what they're doing. "seniors only" is discrimination, except that there's a loophole in the law that says it isn't - this is a rare, and singular example. i bet there's units open, though. ugh.

"muslims only" is discrimination. "indians only" is discrimination. "students only" is discrimination. and, these are the kinds of things you actually see in real life.

go to the windsor kijiji page. no. do it. you will see zero whites only ads. zero christians only ads.

the one thing that is rampant and that the foucauldians would identify as discrimination would be "employed people only" - and most people aren't even going to realize that that is discrimination, at all. but, if the disabled are not the most vulnerable people in our society, who are?

i'm an openly trans, openly atheist, obviously brown person on disability. i know that heterosexual white men think they're the most discriminated against. but, i'm at the actual bottom of any concept of hierarchy - both the foucauldian concept of it and the reactionary concept of it.

i face constant discrimination.

but, it's a lot harder to put a dollar figure on it. that's the second part - the hard part. it's easy to prove you're being discriminated against. it's very hard to prove that they're liable for any damages as a consequence of it.

so, if i call somebody up and they deny me for housing because i'm disabled, or because i'm queer, or because i'm an atheist, i have a good case that i can likely win. but, then what? if they don't owe me any money, or didn't break a lease, or didn't decide otherwise at the last minute, all i'm entitled to is a pat on the back.

"congratulations, you're a victim."

you know who gets paid? the state. the order is a fine.

and, yes: there's a couple of names i've kept track of that i think ought to write a check to the government.

i'll deal with this when i have somewhere healthy to sleep.