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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.
ETHNICALLY SPEAKING
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.
ETHNICALLY SPEAKING
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, July 11Dear Larry: I would like your opinion of all the accolades that have gone to Michael Jackson. I think the guy was weird and should not be made to look like some kind of hero. I am white, and people have called me a racist for thoughts I have had. I know in my heart I am not a racist. My sister is married to a black man, and their children are near and dear to my heart. It seems as if anyone who does not support a black person regardless of what he does is a racist. I remember when O.J. Simpson was in the news and I thought he was guilty. My so-called friends called me a racist for thinking he could be guilty. I am opposed to many of the policies of President Barack Obama. People call me a racist. Larry, I need your help in dealing with and stopping those who call people like me racists because we happen to have our own opinions. Any help? — Auntie Dear Auntie: I am sorry I do not have an answer. My thoughts are often different from so-called mainstream black thoughts, and I have been called vile names for not siding with their way of thinking. If it helps you, I have been called an Uncle Tom, an Oreo, a coconut, the N-word, a black flunky and a racist. I believe the time has come for all people to speak out and challenge these people. As long as people run from the racist label, the race baiters will continue to hurl their verbal bomb blasts. I agree that Michael Jackson was weird. I do not understand how people hold him up as a black icon when he carved his face to remove his black features, bleached his skin to be white, married white women, and had white sperm impregnate one of his wives. What is particularly bothersome is how black leaders react. They defend any black person, regardless of his standing, as long as he adheres to traditional black thought. Clarence Thomas, Condoleezza Rice, Bill Cosby and other blacks who have different opinions are condemned and destroyed. The reason black leaders must seek out and destroy them is different thinkers are serious threats to their survival. Black leaders could not stay in power if black people started to rely on their own hard work and ability. Black leaders will survive as long as they can keep their constituents dependent and needy. Black leaders want black people to think they cannot have fair treatment unless the leaders are there to ensure equal rights. When black leaders support Michael Jackson, O.J. Simpson and other "correct-thinking" blacks, it only enhances black leaders' standing because they are supporting black people. 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 2009 CREATORS.COM
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