Man is demoted for wanting more than a week off to help with newborn child. Hotel maid is fired after attending too many school meetings for her child with learning disabilities. Colin Powell's daughter is denied job because of racism. Powell tells GOP to either support affirmative action or he'll become a Democrat. Five service workers leaving work suffer multiple fractures in crackup.
None has health insurance.
All have wives and small children. HMOs couldn't care less. Derrick Jackson is a columnist for The Boston Globe. Appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Sept. 3, 2000. Journal Sentinel Inc. All rights reserved.