To better understand how discrimination affects people based on their race, gender, sexuality, age and/or disability, we'll now look at the following profiles. Though fictitious, all these profiles are based on statistics and research data, and have their foundation in real life and real stories. Although we can break things down to analyse them by categories like race and age, it is important to note that not everyone has only one or two variables we can manipulate to observe the effect on them; some of these people below, such as Candice, who is both black and transgender, have identities located at intersections of different factors. To see how discrimination affects their socio-economic status, click on their pictures.