To the editors:
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A recent issue of the Reader featured Danny Davis [February 8]. The most interesting fact in the article was what Mr. Davis had hanging on his office wall–pictures of Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X; both advocated violence whereas Dr. King did not. Who accomplished more for the poor blacks and other minorities? What you place in your personal space reveals much about yourself–and others. Do your readers want an end to gang violence and police brutality? If Mandela and Malcolm are Mr. Davis’s heroes, then we can only expect continued violence in the barrios of Chicago. Do you want to see your sons killed?
In America, we no longer value human life like we did when I was a child. If every family in this nation had a loved one in the Persian Gulf, then perhaps you would see a ground swell of opposition to this travesty. Unfortunately, that is not the case.
I am not signing this because I fear recrimination from the “powers that be.”
