Left’s Blind Eye to Racism: Ignoring Assaults on Elder
THE ISSUE: The lack of coverage of an attack on politician Larry Elder by a woman in a gorilla mask.
Terrific article by Kyle Smith (“Color blinders,” Sept. 10). He perfectly described the hypocrisy among the Democratic Party and the overwhelmingly left-leaning media who call themselves progressives.
Larry Elder, a black man trying to become the first African-American governor of California, has been targeted and ridiculed as being brainwashed by the Republican Party, insinuating he has no thought process of his own.
Imagine if he were a liberal and these attacks came from the right. The Democrats should address this hypocrisy, but, as always, they remain silent. Shame on them. Robert Henry
Palm City, Fla.
Elder was met with an egg and a barrage of verbal harassment while touring Venice Beach by a white woman wearing a gorilla mask.
This contemptible display of racism went unaddressed
by the Democratic Party, the Black Congressional Caucus and the mainstream media. One can only imagine the coverage if a Trump supporter did that to a black Democrat. Jack Kaufman
Naples, Fla.
What a disgrace — a white woman wearing a gorilla mask screaming at a black man. Talk about racism.
The Democratic Party along with the mainstream media in this country are the true racists. No political party owns any group in this country.
Please wake up and do not put up with the racism in the Democratic Party. Philip Vallone
Ossining
It must take a special type of individual to work at these liberal news companies. After searching under every rock for potential instances of racism, we finally get one served up on a platter in the form of the despicable Larry Elder incident.
So what do we get? Wall-to-wall coverage on CNN and MSNBC? Local channels blowing up with outrage? No. Just crickets, both from the Democrats and the media. Gary Kaelin