Discriminate means to notice differences between things or people. Imagine you have a box of crayons. Some are red, some are blue, and some are green. When you pick only the blue crayons from the box, you are discriminating because you are choosing based on their color.
Another way to think about it is like a sorting game. You have a pile of socks, some are big and some are small. If you separate the big socks from the small ones, you are discriminating between the sizes.
Sometimes, people discriminate in ways that aren’t fair. For example, if someone only lets people with curly hair play a game, that’s not nice. It’s like saying only blue crayons are allowed to draw, which isn’t fair to the red and green crayons. Discrimination can hurt people’s feelings because it’s like saying they aren’t as good because of something they can’t change, like their hair, skin color, or the way they talk. It’s important to treat everyone kindly and fairly, just like letting all the crayons color together.