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Discrimination In Toronto's Urban Housing

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Discrimination has been a prevalent malpractice for centuries now. This has had adverse impacts on the victims and retaliations have impacted the perpetrators harshly in the modern-day scenario as well. Discrimination happens in all social segments of the society and it is often initiated an early age. Media portrayal normalizes this abnormal behaviour to a large extent, often rendering the viewer helpless to execute such petty behaviour. This can clearly be taken into account while noticing housing practices in the modern-day Toronto. In the essay, ‘Discrimination in Toronto’s Urban Housing’ I will be focusing on certain stereotypes that shape the modern day residential market of Toronto and what it provides to the buyer. First-hand account

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