Zeitoun and discrimination

        I feel that in the day and age that we live in there shouldn't be a reason as to why we discriminate against anyone differently than us, especially in this country.  With all the information that is available to us right at our fingertips it is hard to even consider that people still carry on this way, but sadly discrimination is alive and well in this country.  In the book Zeitoun by Dave Eggers it explains from one families point of view of events that took place prior, during, and after Hurricane Katrina.  In a passage on page 45 Eggers gives us an example of the potential discrimination that still exist when he talks about Kathy Zeitoun getting ready to exit the house, and how the potential to be discriminated on exist every time by writing "any trip to the grocery store or the mall presented the possibility that she would encounter some kind of ugliness" (45).  In this quote it shows us that the chance for a hate crime or discrimination to take place is always present for someone like Kathy, who is Muslim, in a country that is primarily non-Muslim.  This is important because it shows how society in America is, in terms of their treatment to those not like them.  This also shows us the perspective of a Muslim and the potential problems they encounter on a daily basis.