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Anti-discrimination laws protect certain groups today and all of humans in the future. The importance of these laws cannot be understated. Without them, anyone, at anytime, may decide to discriminate against a group of people for any reason. By simply having these laws, we prevent some future discrimination. Those that may wish to discriminate in ways not yet prevented by law specifically may not because of the laws already in place. The most basic laws prevent discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, relition or national origin. Later laws prevent discrimination based on more descriptors such as age and disability. These laws help insure that anyone who breaks them is held accountable and that remedies are put into place so that the discrimination is not as likely to occur again. The laws protect individuals but also protect people as a whole and the free society in which we leave.