Dan and I were somehow on the topic of discrimination and he told me something interesting. He said in the past, Kodak company did not hire Italians. My response was to laugh. Because this is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. In my mind it seemed impossible that this could ever have been a reality. I would have trouble picking out an Italian person from a group, but then to use that as criteria in hiring or not hiring? Completely ridiculous. Then I wondered- If someone had told me a company now doesn’t hire black people, would I laugh? No, because I’d believe that. I wouldn’t be happy to believe it, but I would believe it. I hope that someday in the future a conversation about blacks not being hired is met with laughter for the same reason I laughed. Because it is so completely incomprehensible that it seems ridiculous.