Chapter 5

I agree with Becky, that what struck me the most was the "sad truth" aspect of racial discrimination. I felt like this chapter was justifying racial discrimination in a way, which i didn't know how to react to. Wheelan spoke of many true points where when race is the only thing we can know, its the most valuable information to you at that time. He even told of his own experience being racially profiled and the claim ended up being true (he was in fact on the way to a Bulls game) I'd like to know what steps can be taken to eliminate racial profiling as a source of information. It almost seems impossible at times but I'm sure in the future we can get to that point. Referring to the gender discrimination he mentioned towards the beginning of the chapter, I thought the idea about a maternity leave package was great. Basically companies will pay for your time off during maternity leave, if you come back. If you decide to quit after your leave, you do not receive the money. I thought this was an equitable and fair way for companies to not be burned by giving hefty maternity leaves, which results in a discrimination towards women in the future.