Different points of view

Perspective means “the capacity to view things in their true relations or relative importance.” In his 30 March 21 letter, Dr. Manning lacks perspective when he writes about the 1960’s resulting in protesting that caused the “…class and race hatred… that are destroying us today.”

The Civil Rights Movement was necessary due to rights that was not given to African-Americans. Dr. Manning implies that the Civil Rights Movement caused hatred in society due to the fault of protestors.

Secondly, Dr. Manning writes that “…white supremacy, worship of whiteness, white privilege, etc. are racist expressions.” If this is true, how many white people are killed due to these so-called racist expressions?

History is full of examples of minorities killed due to their race.

Thirdly, Dr. Manning writes, “Many on the political left truly hate others, hate what they think, how they vote, and how they live.” Previously, Manning used his late sister to imply that Biden suffers from dementia due to how he speaks. Biden was a severe stutterer. I wrote how stutterers see things differently. However, Dr. Manning failed to understand my point of view as a stutterer.

Dr. Manning writes from arrogance, which is “an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions.” If Manning was my doctor, and I went to see him due to a headache, he would disagree and give me a prescription for foot pain. Manning feels that his views are correct and not to be challenged.

Finally, Dr. Manning quotes Booker T. Washington, an African American, to justify his opinion but fails to write about “…Washington’s harsh treatment of rival Black newspapers and Black thinkers who dared to challenge his opinions and authority.” Booker T. Washington, 23 March 2021, history.com.

What’s wrong with understanding another viewpoint? Vincent White

Lancaster