Letter to the Editor

This letter to the editor is in response to a Jan. 21 article, titled “The Italian League Sends Wrong Message on Racism.”

Dear editor:

I think your article regarding Mario Balotelli, a soccer star who seems to have the world at his feet, sends the wrong message. Racism is a Darwinian belief that there is a genetic superiority based on race.

The racists we need to oppose are in the government at all levels. Those, by the power of their government, their position and power, reward or punish citizens based on race. If that was the case, I would be with you.

That is the racism that should concern you; not a group of hooligan Raider-like fans that do not rise to the level of hate or racist.

Nor do the taunts and boos rise to level to be called hate or racist.

The words racist or hate should never be used in such a capricious way.

“Seeing or blaming the wolf, when the wolf is not there, lowers our guard, when the wolf is there.”

August Lightfoot,

Newport Beach, Calif.

PS: I appreciate your distribution to the VA in Long Beach. I get news not found elsewhere.