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The mail.(Letter to the Editor)
As a teacher who has been fired for simply having upheld the same standards for all of my students, I appreciated your April/May issue--particularly John McWhorter's attack on racial preferences in education ("Don't Do Me Any Favors").
Attending elementary school in the early '60s, I clearly remember the racist attitudes of my white classmates. They used the term "nigger" lavishly and thought it odd that I didn't. My parents had taught me that people were to be respected as people, and racial epithets were not tolerated.
As a result of having grown up without internalizing racial prejudice, I was left with a curious blind spot when I became a public school teacher: It never occurred to me to hold any student to a lower standard simply because he or she was not white.
Those white liberals who grew up with racist attitudes--including, I'm certain, many of my childhood friends--now feel a need to atone for their bigotry by lowering the bar for non-white students. By that very act of condescension, they affirm the racist attitudes for which they want to atone.
Ed Schubert Parker, Arizona
John McWhorter's piece is outstanding in every detail. I am white, and I do not feel guilty about it. I am, however, ashamed that many people think that blacks can only succeed if whites help them. Why can't they see how paternalistic this is?
I have witnessed the effects ...
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