Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor: I am submitting a letter today in response to the recent shootings in Dallas, and incidents involving recent police shootings. As many others, I am heartbroken over these tragic events. Growing up in the 60s and 70s, I saw many things associated with racism, bigotry, and discrimination that, as a kid, I could not comprehend. ings such as, blacks having to enter restaurants through back doors, while whites entered the same restaurants through the front, yet we shared the same venue. Separate restrooms for blacks and whites, and even separate recreational venues. In 1969, when our schools integrated, there was animosity, there was despair, and there were ghts, but not to the degree where people were carrying guns everywhere they went. It was not easy for students to get over losing Douglass, and the Panther team name, while keeping the Pirate team name. Many felt it to be unfair at the time, but we persevered. Look into the stands now on Friday nights, and see just howmany skin tones, and races you will see. Have we progressed? Sure, we have. We saw Pittsburg have a “public” pool at Fair Park, yet blacks were not allowed to swim there. When legislation was passed to allow all residents to have access to the pool, it was then closed and lled in.

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