Letter to the Editor: “Who Are The Real Racist?” Rocky Mount Telegram

I find the following letter, “Letter to the Editor: Who are the real racists?” to be quite interesting. Read it for yourself.

Wow! What a waste. I am going to just respond to this part,

“It appears that racism is alive and well at City Hall as any question or complaint about the city manager or her practices by any white person is met with insults by certain members of the City Council. When you consider that the manager has been engaged in the inefficient, wasteful and very questionable exercise of her duties such as hiring friends at exorbitant salaries and allowing one of them to live out of state while reportedly costing the city thousands of dollars by failing to do her job, it is understandable and perfectly reasonable to make inquiries and complaints about the manager’s ability to do her job or her intentional malfeasance. For certain individuals to rudely attempt to disparage those questions as racism simply because they are voiced by whites speaks volumes about where the real racism resides and who the real racists are.”

Me: It appears, really! Yep you have a problem because they brought up 1898 about how white folk took over Wilmington. That is real and the same is going on in Rocky Mount, some white folk trying to take back the council since it is no longer a white majority. Fact!

Me: When you consider. Really! Accusing City Manager of mess that has not been proven. Talking about the manager ain’t doing her job. Really! Prove your damn point and maybe a black man like myself will approve of your mess but until then, it is only mess. Fact!

Me: Certain individuals. Really! You mean Blacks on the council. Damn just say it. Oh if you say it a certain way, dress it up that makes you not a racist. This post is all about you talking about black folk, City Manager, City Council and other. You see when you talk about black folk you are talking about me and other black folk better recognize. You say rudely. Really! Because black have no problem with addressing white folk intelligently and interjecting historical facts, ya’ll have a problem. Some black folk ain’t scared to talk to white folk straight up about race when you have some that play it safe. If speaking truth to power as a black man is racist, then ya’ll will live a restless and miserable life in the last days. God said, not the black man but one day the 1st will be last and the last will be 1st. Some folk don’t know  place they are in, some folk are in denial and some folk just don’t get it.

Well some black folk know our place.