How would one feel to be judged by the color of his or her skin? Why does the color of someone’s skin determine how he or she is treated? Racial discrimination is when people are judged by the color of their skin, and are treated less favorable than someone else of another color. Racial discrimination is something that many people have heard of and have talked about, but is something that is an actual reality for others. John’s experience of becoming a Negro in the Deep South officially began on November 7th of 1959. “I decided to shave my head that evening and begin my journey.” (9). In order for John to change the color of his skin from a light pigment to a dark pigment, he would need to have to lay under lights that released ultra violet
