You have the right to an education free of discrimination or harassment based on your placement in a protected class. Learn how to file a discrimination complaint with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights.This lesson on discrimination is designed for middle and high school students with intellectual disabilities. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 contained provisions barring discrimination and segregation in education, public facilities, jobs, and housing. Anti discrimination lessons ; What is a Microaggression? Race discrimination does not need to be deliberate. An example of direct discrimination would be refusing to admit a student because of their race. One of the most common forms of discrimination is when people are treated differently or unfairly because of their race; this is called racism. If you believe that you or your child has experienced discrimination or discriminatory harassment at school, you have the right to file a formal complaint. At the time in that part of the country, segregationor the separation of races in places like schools, buses, and restaurantswas the law.