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NAACP wants power, not justice

Web posted June 13, 2000

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Editor, The Chronicle

This is in response to the Joe Nirenberg letter, which appeared June 9.

Mr. Nirenberg has hit the nail on the head, so to speak. The majority of white people believe black people should have equality, and that they are entitled to the same privileges that whites now enjoy -if it is earned. By this, I mean if they qualify for the job with the same qualifications, such as education, (they have the same opportunities for education as whites, Jews, or other ethnic groups) for loans to buy homes, to rent property, etc.

They do not have the right to try and change my heritage.

When my middle son was in school in Alabama, the Ku Klux Klan came to my home to recruit him. I threw them off my property, enraged by what they stood for. Whenever I see programs of injustice to anyone, my heart and support goes out to them.

I cannot change what was done so long ago, although I would if I could. But let me remind the black race: Your injustice to me and the white race will not wash. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is setting your cause back 50 years. It used to be majority rules, but not in the South. With the NAACP it is not for injustice they fight, but power.

As Mr. Nirenberg said, their hatred for whites is showing through. They have won a few things, such as removal of the Confederate flag from the Statehouse of South Carolina, but what did they gain? Nothing but resentment from whites. If they keep up their power demands, it's going to cost a whole lot more.

Patsy J. Bentler, Evans