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Gattaca discrimination

“Of course, it’s illegal to discriminate- “genoism” it’s called- but no-one takes the laws seriously”

Vincent Freeman is known as a faith birth, a godchild, a de-gene-erate but worst of all, an in-valid. From the day he was born, Vincent was discriminated against. The film Gattaca is set in the not-to-distant future yet the technological advances have already allowed a whole new form of prejudice. While technology has greatly advanced, it seems that we as humans have not. Gattaca shows that many human habits will remain with us in the future.
Discrimination is a human habit. We treat people differently because of their religion, their race, their sex, their age, social status and even the colour of their skin. Gattaca shows a society where there have been many advances including advances in me...

Posted by: Kelly G Hess

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