The Author's purpose in writing this story was to show that how people discriminate one another because of their skin color. She expressed herself using her personal experience on how she felt about how the pediatrician judged her daughter Samantha and made negative comments about how light she was, and thought Samantha wasn't her daughter. The author is trying to inform the readers how she felt about discrimination and how people stereotype one another, such as judge the way they dress, the color of their skin, and where their from. I think her point was to make the readers realize that, "don't judge a book by it's cover".I believe the author was right and I support her because I know how it feels when someone makes negative comments about your race, gender, religion, etc.