Results revealed that Canadian courts largely ignore the race and gender identify of both complainants and respondents. By ignoring these characteristics, the tribunals effectively denied the reality of combined race and sex discrimination experienced by racial minority women. Findings indicated that the concept of discrimination that informs current human rights law is unduly simplistic and reflective of the privileged perspective of the dominant group. This concept views difference as an inherent characteristic of the non-dominant group rather than as a feature arising out of the relationship between groups. Findings indicate the need for a new concept of discrimination that is responsive to the complex social reality in which we live. Footnotes (Publisher summary modified)