Please answer the questions below. Use question and answer (Q&A) format for your response; in other words, include the original question along with your answer in the reply. Within your post, support your responses with information from at least two reputable sources (library and/or Web-based) and provide the full citation at the end. Use APA format for your references. Bring in your own personal experiences, if applicable.

1. First, select a category (age, race, religion, marital status, criminal/incarceration history, pregnancy, sex, sexual identity, education level, parenthood, national origin, dress, economic status, military status, and so forth). How effective (or ineffective) are U.S. protections for individuals in this category? Be specific. Give examples.
2. How are U.S. protections for this category different from protections in another country?
3. How are U.S. protections for this category similar to protections in another country?

Subsequent Posts—Module 1

Bring in additional information specific to the discussions by two of your classmates. Respond to each. Your additional information may be from the news, your readings/research and/or personal experience in that country, for example. Cite your sources.