Kim is an Asian woman in her thirties.She enjoys shopping and going to her local mall on the weekends when she's not working.Kim lives in a mid-sized community where there is little ethnic diversity.Her husband is white and so are her friends.There is one particular store,where Kim and her friends shop,in which many of the clerks are white women in their late fifties to early sixties.They are very friendly and attentive to Kim's friends,but not to Kim.Kim will sometimes have to wait for a few minutes at the checkout before receiving assistance.What is Kim experiencing?

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Kim is experiencing discrimination, as she is not receiving the same level of friendly and attentive treatment from the clerks at the store as her white friends. This differential treatment based on her race/ethnicity qualifies as discrimination rather than prejudice, which refers to negative attitudes or stereotypes about a particular group. Subtle manipulation and institutional discrimination do not accurately describe the situation Kim is facing in this context.

Kim Is an Asian Woman in Her Thirties