Letters to the Editor
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I'm On Your Side, BUT...
This cartoon seems to grant that American blacks really ARE stupider than American whites. I say no. It's the test.
I do not know how to think about this issue. I'm a white guy who never has had any slaves. I will take responsibility for my own family, as far back as I have known them (my grandparents), and as far forward as I know them (nephews, nieces, plus one grand-niece so far). We never did any of this stuff to blacks.
There is a Salon poster named Thrasher. He and I go around and around about these sorts of issues all the time. I believe that Thrasher himself is way stupider than I am, even though I am no genius. (Read his posts, and mine, if you are interested.)
BUT! Thrasher is black. I am white. Thrasher seems to blame me for his own dopiness and kookiness, just because I am white.
There must be a better, more interesting explanation.