Hate Mail

I happened to check out Eugene Kane's article from yesterday's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=584635

The article started by talking about a piece of hate mail he received from someone who took painstaking time to put together a small album of pictures and hateful comments. This person took a picture of a group of African-American college students at graduation and wrote "too stupid to get in on their own," referring to their ability to get into college in the first place. This person also wrote "future welfare queens" on a picture of African-American children and sent this in.

How can we ever get to a state of acceptance and inclusion with this type of activity still going on?

I'd have to say that unfortunately, this type of ignorance still exists and may never go away completely, but it is up to all of us to dismiss this type of language and activity from our day-to-day lives and be mindful of what damage these words and actions can cause.

Of course, this person did not have the backbone to put his/her name on the envelope sent to Eugene Kane...that is typically the case. If you feel so strongly about something, you should be comfortable sharing your identity with the world. Why hide behind the hatred? This just tells me you know you are not correct in your over-arching sentiment.