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It’s easy to know when you’ve been treated unfairly, but how do you know when your constitutional civil rights have been violated?

"Civil rights" are the rights of personal liberty guaranteed to every U. S. citizen, regardless of race, religion, sex, age or disabilities. The underlying principle is that no one should be treated unfavorably because of these characteristics over which they have no control.

It is important to keep in mind that not all unfair treatment rises to the level of being unconstitutional. For instance, if you are discriminated against because of your hair style or the shoes you wear, while this is certainly unfair, it is not necessarily unconstitutional. It's only unconstitutional discrimination if you are discriminated against because of your race, religion, sex, age or disabilities.