Letters to the Editor: June 24, 2011

Black elite maintains power by perpetuating racism Re: “Blacks must not remain silent about America’s new racists,” June 22

I read Walter E. Williams’ commentary with sadness, though I applaud his courage to speak the truth that racism is alive and well within the black community. It thrives partly because of the approval of the black educated elite, who have gained a kind of perverse power through exploiting the genuine abuses of the past by encouraging a perpetual victimhood mentality.