African Americans have faced exclusion from our society since our country's beginning, having no rights or protection under a law that states, "All men are created equal". We have made great strides toward equality but there is still a great deal of prejudice and injustice that still goes on today. We see it in the news media often but it's the unpublicized subtle, silent prejudices that truly affect African Americans. These racial prejudices and injustices that go unpublicized and are kept under wraps from public view. There are those who believe that we have passed the problems of the past, because of the advancements achieved by African Americans. This attitude has sparked many controversies for the dismantling of affirmative action initiatives. The wide spread belief is that we have achieved diversity to the point that the program mentioned above is no longer needed. The general consensus is that African Americans have no need of such a program, because America is so diverse and they have it better now then in the past. African Americans just need to apply themselves to achieve their goals (Chap 7 pg.252 Brislin). So we must ask ourselves what problems do African Americans face?
             Discrimination is a major issue faced by African Americans in the work place. I will give a personal experience that I feel will help my point.
             Management plays an important role on how African Americans are dealt with. Before I joined the army, I was employed by the Melville Corporation as a loss prevention specialist. At the same time, I applied for a similar job with a higher salary and better benefits with Bambergers in the Westchester county area. The position that I applied for gave brief phone interviews first, before considering potential candidates for final selection. Then you were required to send in your resume. After sending my resume, I received a call from management. We had a positive intervie...