(Guest opinion) Jim Murphy: The value of discrimination

(Guest opinion) Jim Murphy: The value of discrimination

Discrimination is a dirty word. One dictionary definition of discrimination is partiality, or prejudice. It is judging and devaluing people simply because they belong to some category or class that we don’t like. Our country has gone through all sorts of gyrations, some violent, to rid itself of racial prejudice, and we are still not there. Women have fought a hard battle against glass ceilings and unequal pay scales. People with disabilities ha…