Discrimination In The Movie Philadelphia

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In the movie Philadelphia, Tom Hanks plays a lawyer named Andrew Beckett., a homosexual with AIDS. Beckett believes the real reason his employer let him go was because of his sexual orientation and disease. He felt that he had been wrongfully let go and looks to Joe Miller to take his case. Miller is homophobic and initially declines Beckett’s case. Fortunately, Miller decides to take his case and ultimately helps Beckett win the case. The main diversity issue in Philadelphia is discrimination based on sexual orientation, which is the gender that a specific person is attracted to. Beckett was discriminated upon because he was seen as different, just because he was a homosexual. This movie definitely showed how society seems to single out those

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