All Is Not Peachy With Race Relations
Editor, Times-Dispatch: The newspaper's article, "Poll: Richmond Region Hopeful on Race Relations," disturbed me. It's sad that an article would sanitize a subject as sensitive as race relations to a point that it should smell so nice in order to cover up the truth.
Have race relations improved?
There's no question that the glass slipper has been fitted on the foot of a chosen few. It's unfortunate that this random selection believes the doors of opportunity have been left open for everyone. But we're suddenly brought back to reality when a local school in Hanover continues with Confederate leaders in its logo, our attorney general finds every opportunity to oppose the first African-American president, and members of the Tea Party want to "take our [i.e., their] country back."
Whenever we sugarcoat a sad situation such as race relations, we only postpone the inevitable. If the treatment to understand the improvements to race relations is to be effective, both sides of this social dilemma must be considered.
It may seem as though we're fanning the fires of dissension, but we cannot conclude that everything is all right, or better, when the disease of injustice continues to infect the minority and low-income community.
L.J. McCoy, President,
Chesterfield NAACP. Chester.