Example: Discrimination

A professional diversity trainer and her partner made dinner reservations to celebrate their anniversary in the “romantic dining” section of a restaurant in Los Angeles. When they arrived, the restaurant staff refused to seat them at the table they had reserved because they were both women.

• Have there been similar incidents in the news or reported to you by friends? Have you experienced this type of discrimination?
  
  
• What makes this type of incident different from anitlocution?
  
  
• What makes it different from avoidance?
  
  
• Can you detect elements of antilocution or avoidance in this example?