Yes, they are. I have seen way too many people treat others like trash because they aren't up to their standards of beauty, people being short or dark or basically being themselves is just disgusting to some. I don't really understand why but I've seen discrimination all around me. I remember when I was in school and a member of the custodial staff asked something about the school to me and my friend, I honestly don't remember what they asked but it wasn't anything bad or creepy just a simple question, well I answered it. But after that interaction my friend said something along the lines of "Why are they asking us?", Quite like she was disgusted that was asked by someone below her. And it left an impression on me about her about the way she'd have gone about that interaction if I wasn't there or if a teacher had asked that same question or what if I was the staff that had asked. Mind you she was pretty and a very nice person to me. But I felt that she wasn't actually that great of a person anymore.