Objects to cartoon and column
Although I find many of your political cartoons, mostly taken from the Atlanta Constitution, objectionable and divisive, I find the one from June 25 to reach a new low. Showing a black man still shackled in chains and padlocks purporting to show areas of racism is the stuff that race-baiters peddle. Especially ridiculous is the inscription “Voter ID Laws” on one of the padlocks. For every business transaction I know of, some form of ID is required. Try cashing a check without one. Voting is a serious right, and it is appropriate to guard against voter fraud, which certainly has occurred.
Andrew Hazzard in “A Northern Perspective” expressed that he doesn’t understand the South and implies it’s a hotbed of racism. The races in Mississippi and other Southern states live with more harmony than in many, if not most, Northern states. Cases in point, recent riots in Northern cities over perceived injustices. After the tragedy caused by a mentally deranged individual in Charleston, blacks and whites came together and there were no riots.
Bill Ford, M.D.
Columbus
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