If society today is said to be equal, then why is discrimination still a prominent issue? John Howard Griffin's "Black Like Me" has been referred to as a "timeless piece" due to its outlook on racial indifference and emphasis on perspective, thus confirming the book's contemporary relevance to prejudice in the modern world. The non-fiction collection of journal entries is entirely based around an experiment in which John Griffin uses skin pigmentation to physically transform himself from a white man to a black man. He then decides to venture into the Deep South, recording his observations and realizations as he receives different treatments as a result of his assumed racial background. Although some may argue that America has made great strides towards racial tolerance since the time period of Black Like Me, current instances of discrimination amongst individuals prove that the country, as well as the rest of the world, has a long way to go. People often claim that the United States has made leaps and bounds in racial progression and opportunity, which to a certain degree can be proven true. For the sake of the argument, Larry Shannon-Missal for Harris Polls claims, "In many ways, Americans - not only collectively but when looking at blacks and whites individually - are less likely to perceive discrimination against blacks than they were 45 years ago. These drops in perceived discrimination are largely in areas related specifically to opportunity or housing/accommodations, and are encouraging.  Considering the obvious facts that the U.S President Barack Obama is African-American and that every black has the right to vote, on top of many other advancements, one could say that America in theory has improved in the area of racial discrimination in comparison to black lives in the past. This is not enough, however, to override the reality that the country as a whole is not even close to achieving the status of an equal nation. "We have hints, suggestions, indications, if you will, of racial bias all