Quote Originally Posted by Cataholic
OK. No big deal.

I can only tell you, from my experience (not necessarily from it personally happening to me) racism, sexism, or XYZism, happens. I have a active case, right now, where one side has admitted to not renting to someone cause, <gasp> they are black! Of course, they denied it all the way down the pike. Up until the morning before the depostion was to go forward. "I can't lie under oath (implying that lying without oath given is acceptable), I did tell so and so that I wouldn't rent to Ms. XYZ cause all that trouble 'they' cause me". This is one, very specific example. I see it quite often.

As for corporate America, I just don't think it is that simple. I do not think there is a conspiracy. And, aside from one encounter with a male boss letting me know just how I could get ahead (this was the late 1980s), I haven't really felt the discrimition, personally. BUT, I do see it professionally.

So, enough from me, I suppose. No hard feelings between you and I, I hope.
And you are right ... I do know that discrimination happens on a smaller, more personal level, like someone not renting to someone else. I was thinking more on a larger, Fortune 500 company scale, because that is my work experience.

Never hard feelings! I love an intelligent debate, I never take it personally.