Unanswered questions

R.D. Smith responded to a letter that I wrote to answer Mr. O’Connor’s question about abortion. Smith states that although I am articulate, my letters are “at times confusing and labile…”

I looked up the word “labile” but could not ascertain as to how that applies. How can I be articulate but confusing? That is an oxymoron. In my almost 29 years of writing to this newspaper, I have received positive and negative comments about my letters.

Smith states that he considers himself an “Originalist” and “Libertarian, but his views are similar to Republicans. Smith writes: “… the majority of large Black communities… are horrible (and) have been controlled by Black Democrats for decades…” That is similar to what former President Trump said. However, this is true: “…yet black-majority cities have assets worth building upon, investing in, and fighting for. Black-majority neighborhoods hold $669 billion in owner-occupied housing assets.”

“The Rise Of Black-Majority Cities,” https://www. brookings.edu, Feb 2019. Additionally, Professor Leora Waldner at Troy University studied four majority cities since 1990 and concluded: “…new cities of color, even those with high poverty rates, can thrive.” “Black Cities Ain’t Going Nowhere,” www.bloomberg.com, Feb 2019.

Smith writes that Black conservatives have been writing for decades about problems affecting the Black community, but what have Republicans done? Republicans to this newspaper over the years continue to insert their opinions and act like it is factual.

A Republican strategist stated the Republican Party’s failure to reach out to minority communities. I have yet to receive the following answers to my questions:

1. Why are the majority of Republicans still white? 2. Why is the number of white male suicides increasing each year? 3. When a Black person tries to explain how racism affects his/her life, why do the majority of Republicans skip the question? Vincent White

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