Here is an example of unfair treatment at work that may be based on national origin:
Alexi, a Serbian-American, applies to work as a cashier at a drug store. Although Alexi speaks fluent English, the manager who conducts the interview comments about his name and noticeable accent, observing that the store's customers prize its "all-American image." Alexi is not hired. Alexi was discriminated against based on his national origin if the manager based the hiring decision on assumptions that customers would have negative perceptions about Alexi's ethnicity.