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cashier never aslced for any identification. My mom aslced why she didn't need <br />to see her license, especially since she was writing a checic from out of town. "I <br />don't need to see your license, you're not one of them." the cashier said <br />impatiently. <br />What was the difference between my mom and woman in front of her? <br />My mom is white and the lady in front of her was a Native American. It was <br />shocicing for my mom to see a Native American person being discriminated <br />against. My mother is from the south and was used to seeing African American <br />people treated differently because of their skin color. She thinlcs that white <br />people in Minnesota treat Native Americans liJ�e white people in the south <br />treat African Americans. The cashier treated the Native American woman <br />differently because of her skin color and ethnic bacicground. That is not <br />allowed, and is clearly stated so in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. <br />"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights... and should <br />act toward one another in a spirit of brotherhood." <br />Writing a checic is, in a small way, a right to credit. I wonder if there was <br />a store policy that said "Only checic IDS for Native Americans."? Or was it just <br />that cashier who decided to discriminate? If the Native American woman had <br />been behind my mom, then she would have felt terrible. Or even worse, maybe <br />she expected to be harassed every time she wrote a checic. In the Jurisdiction of <br />the Minnesota Human Rights Act it clearly states that the right to credit is <br />protected regardless of race, color and national origin. There should not be <br />different rules for treating people when we are all the same. <br />