Because they are considered a minority and are at the bottom of the bunk, it becomes easy for society to target them based on what has been said about them. For example, names that sound African-American are 50% less likely to be called for a job interview. In the article “8 Reasons – and a Powerful Video – Show Why Racism is Real in America,” by Ana Swanson, she states: “In a 2002 study, Marianna Bertrand and Sendhil Mullainathan of the University of Chicago sent thousands of job applications to reviewers identical except for names. They found that applications with white-sounding names like Emily and Brendan were much more likely to get a response than identical resumes with black-sounding names like Lakisha and Jamal. (Swanson). Society wants to act as if racism and discrimination don't exist, but they are very much alive. These stereotypes are what create this problem. It's amazing that someone's name is actually something that can influence whether or not someone gets the job. There are laws that supposedly protect against discrimination, but yet these things continue