Don’t blame whites for all violence, ills

When I read the letter to the editor by Trella Laughlin (“Time for white people to make serious change,” July 6), I had to re-read it to believe what I was reading. Never have I read such a biased or bigoted letter anywhere.

Is it the fault of white men and women that little children are being shot and killed playing in their grandma’s backyard over the Fourth of July holiday? Who is responsible for the death of a man doing nothing but walking down the street holding his little daughter’s hand? She will live the rest of her life remembering her daddy being shot and killed right in front of her eyes.

Is it the whites who are shooting up Chicago every weekend or is it their fault we are hearing the same thing about New York City? No, of course it is not. What about the destruction of our monuments and statues; they represent history. We can’t wipe out the history some seem to want to forget and only teach our children the part of history we want them to know. And is Ms. Laughlin also one of the leftest side of the country who want to defund our police so we can have even more chaos in our streets?

We are all aware of the two Black innocent men who were shot and killed by two bad cops, both white, but who is responsible for the burning of buildings, riots and the injuring of over 900 police officers in the past few months, of which one died and another is paralyzed for life? Both Black and white cops have been injured when all they were doing is trying to protect us, both Black and white, from harm. A few bad cops do not make the majority of them bad, regardless of color.

Whose responsibility is it to teach children to respect authority, to obey the law and to stay in school? This goes for kids of all colors. It isn’t the employers who do not pay equal wages; it is the lack of some to get good training before entering the work force and to go to work everyday. All we have to do is look at Ben Carson or Justice [Clarence] Thomas to know the opportunity is there, but without proper training starting in the home, one cannot expect to advance in life. There are many examples of Blacks who have been successful and have contributed to helping us have a better life. The existing problems today are not created by whites; they are created by many and it is up to us to understand this.

NITA MCKELVEY Bella Vista