To the Editor:
I enjoy reading the Letters to the Editor section of papers. You gain an insight into the community. If not for the analog format I would accuse the Star Herald of click bait. I read Dana’s letter several times thinking surely this is a joke piece. It was as if Dana was seeking attention by placing MLK and Trump together in a letter. It was a hard decision of how to use one’s 500 words, low hanging fruit or the lottery? My choice was the muscadine goodness of Dana’s letter.
Keep in mind the front page of the Star Herald had the story of the connection of KHS to the young woman who won a national award in education. I opened the paper to see Dana’s letter implying Trump made MLK Day a federal holiday in spite of MLK’s imperfections. It was done with such authority I was certain it had been freshly carved in stone, gently brought down the mountain, and then typeset by the hands of the almighty for publication.
I closed the paper to read, once more, about the woman who received a national award for educational excellence.
I should have not read the remainder of the letter, at that point, but I did.
There was a lamentation of not having a businessman in the office of the president in many years. Personally I still smell the sulfur from Bush II administration. A time when the personal wealth of many Americans was wiped out or reduced greatly. However, George W. Bush didn’t file bankruptcy, to my current knowledge. I could google but I am in analog mode at the moment. Is “businessman” another way to say White man?
The justification given for needing a businessman was America is a business.
No, America is “We the people….”
When you forget “We the people” then you will risk health insurance for children to protect a tax break for multi-national corporations. America is “We the people” and we are the government. Governmental accounting is a totally different field of accounting. When you treat the people as numbers on a ledger you will have failure every time.
Then there was the defense of Trump’s calling of predominately Black nations, holes of feces, by stating he/she had been to those nations. I immediately wondered under what circumstance were the visits. I pray it was not missionary in nature for the help was tainted by the hate in the heart. I shall paraphrase the multi-level disturbing sentence that ended the letter. Paraphrase: It doesn’t take much effort to see racism isn’t just for white people anymore. That one sentence answered many questions that came to mind as I read the letter. It was a perfect acknowledgement of the institutional racism that is still in the USA. Finally it shows we have room to grow to love one another fully.
Sue Harmon
Biloxi, MS
