Thanks Elizabeth. Of course I always remember my late father's favorite saying: "No good deed goes unpunished!"

Thank you for your comment. While it is true that prejudice exists (too much prejudice), I think that this is rarely a reason for lay off or termination.....at least not without other things coming into play. Here, it is dangerous to single out a person of color for layoff or termination.

Now, where discrimination DOES come in is with age. Older workers are much more likely to be laid off. They are more expensive, the health insurance on them costs more, and young guns are usually running the show. Age discrimination is one safe discrimination in America.

Another one is size discrimination. Larger workers are often the target of layoffs. They're seen as "lazy" (Although they may well be the hardest workers there.)

In America, Muslims, of course, are the target of much discrimination. And GLBT individuals are also heavily targeted simply for the "crime" of being sexually different.

All of these are just as wrong as targeting, say, a Black man or woman, but they go on all the time in American corporations. Perhaps someday we will have a truly just society, but that day, alas, is not today.