Salisbury, aren’t you just thoroughly exasperated with all of this?  Has anyone suggested we burn all the history books in the library yet?  Has anyone thrown paint down Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in retaliation yet?, Well, Mayor Pro Tem David Post, keep scratching at that scar and keep it bleeding.

Aerik Williams, from Philadelphia whose letter to the editor was published Sunday, are you reminding your 8 year old son of the horrific stories our ancestors caused him or teaching him to hate because of a statue? And Kim Porter, whose letter to the editor was also published Sunday, feels she is being forced to see a statue every day. Why is it that she can’t, with Christian love, say “we recognize yesterday and want to care today for you”.

Moving a statue won’t solve this problem. People are not forced to see this statue every day (there are alternative routes to get across town) or to do anything other than to pay taxes and obey the law. The lord only demands you to keep his commandments, but he does not force you.

Then, if not, there will be hell to pay. People speak of unfair, unjust and un-American.

We live in a country that enables us to discuss our differences publicly. But Porter seems to only see color (she referred to her brothers and sisters of color). I see Porter as my sister, a child of God.

Racism is not going to be solved on West Innes Street by the City Council, in the Salisbury Post or even in our lifetime — only in the home and in our churches teaching our children to love and respect others.

Those are really “big” words — love and respect. Funny, I keep thinking  of that song, “let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me.”

— Sara Hill

Salisbury