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Dear Larry: I think the conclusion reached by the librarian who asked a group of teenagers to line up according to their skin color is naive. When they lined up from the lightest to darkest, the librarian failed to recognize that there are two …Read more.
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Dear Larry: I discovered your column this past summer. I quickly became a devoted fan when I noted your ability to look at life without glasses of any color. This is so desperately lacking in this country. I am sorry I did not click on to you sooner.…Read more.
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Dear Larry: What does a parent do? My 10-year-old son is a very active young child who comes from an interracial family.
He recently went on a field trip with his school. A parent witnessed a teacher being abusive toward my son in front of his peers.…Read more.
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Dear Larry: I am a young adult librarian, and every year, I take part in a program designed to teach teens leadership skills. One of the classes we stress is how to prevent discrimination.
The class is always a very ethnically diverse group, …Read more.
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Ethnically Speaking, December 27Dear Readers: Very early in this column's history, as a New Year's resolution, I wrote "My Wish for Black America." Since that time, it has been my most requested column for repeats and copies. In celebration of the new year, I would like to continue my tradition, along with a few updates: MY WISH FOR BLACK AMERICA
I wish black fathers would assume responsibility for the children they create and stop acting like some flying insect that goes from flower to flower trying to see how many it can fertilize. I wish education, not sports, were considered the top priority for schools. I wish school systems would demand appropriate behavior and stop making excuses as to why blacks cannot make the grade. I wish high-achieving black students were not labeled as acting white. I wish America would stop patronizing non-achieving black Americans and treating them like misbehaving children. I wish degrading music that sexualizes women, fosters racism, and extols violence were eliminated. I wish blacks would not make race the first consideration when there is a situation. I wish blacks would realize that institutionalized racism is over and the path for success is open. I wish minorities would stop stereotyping and saying all whites are alike. I wish black leaders would stop trying to exploit their followers by trying to make them believe the world is against them and their only path to success is keeping them in power. I wish blacks would realize they are being taken for granted politically and know that being loyal to one party makes them irrelevant. I wish black people would realize that no one owes them anything except equal treatment under the law and that the best hand up is at the end of their own arm. I wish white America would stop feeling guilty for the sins of their forefathers, because that guilt prevents whites from treating blacks like equals. I wish our new president all the best. I pray he will serve with honesty and morality. And may his presence prove to all that race is fast becoming a relic of the past. I wish everyone, regardless of race, would love one another and work together to make this an even better country. Finally, I wish God's blessings upon us so we may remain free and continue to have happy years. To find out more about Larry G. Meeks and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2008 CREATORS SYNDICATE INC.
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