Letter to the Editor:
£X)DT0RJAL
it is Due
of Ameriibi, I
nk
Ime,
ing African
IMirnent for hun*
^Ur slavery that broke
relations, that still
ricant t^ky. Or, perhaps 1 should
Qi^i^ortraying Black men as dan-
^-tnind gangsters, who rape good
ii run out on their children.
^nk America for keeping indtge-
irh their homelands (See
^ Proposition 187)? By keeping the
a^ut of Northern Mexico (i.e., California
anl you are no better than the
|j^»stiftians who keep Zionists out of their
pMlllkndS' (or visa versa depending on your
^view).%ut please don’t dub me anti-Semitic, as
wo»ld imply that I have some sort of deep-
>: seeded conviction about that struggle, when 1 am
ypredominately concerned about the struggle and
fl!b|ratlon of black people in America,
p ^ You are naive to believe that all citizens in
|f@||^ited Staes are Americans. Americans have
ti^P^edom to chahge their social situations
without hindrance. Americans have options.
Americans have opportunities. Americans have
equity, justice and equality. The "Condition of J
the Colored Citizens in the United States, |
Politically Considered" Is grim. We are not
trlated as citizens because we do not have the
opportunities as Americans (whites and 9
raiPlelect others).
Let us now turn our attention to justice anl
ijmllity. The Natives here have never been prop-
Pwl^compensated for their loss of land and
|Vi||tith. The Africans here have never been coro- '^
^gg^ted for their libor. The Asians have never
been compensated for the disrespect that they
inddred as immigrants on the West coast. (Only
tt«^ Japanese haVliKrecelvedtokeri compensation
^ for their humiliation during World War tl.) This
countryvhas always scared me because it acts so
|sei^rl^twus and ignores Its history and today’s
lived rlaSliis. In light of this, please do not be
content|^h your ti^tbook undejr|tandings of
Ainerl^iiistory.
r with this hew perspective on
' America’s history of sitting down on justice,
freedoiri. and eiqiuality^ maybe you can ijbw see
wl^y th||1>rother Was justified in »ying “enough
is^riough^d|%itih the conseguences.” Yes,
AfWURtfU^ has turned his back on the anthem,
left the roiSfiil* and sat^dwim. But, SO WHATl
Amer|C##ias sat laughed
at, scwned, torture^pnpiilled the black.
»rdwn^y^loW^na red peopli»'all over ^
It is about time someone* especially oj^ho V \
entertains America, told America abotil Itself,
To paraphrase Mr. Donny Oates in his
March 22, DTH editorlal, anyone who wakes up
in the morning and is proud of the way that
America has systematically sought to de$||oy the
colored peoples of the world should
be seen and heard. A(^ viay, .wfr
clearly identify
supports the
enemy of
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out of patience
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photo bv Charief’ McNat