Dear Mr. President:
I admire the rhetoric of Martin Luther King and devoutly hope that my own children “will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” Are you the one who will lead us into this color-blind society? I think I know the way it can be done. Not with recriminations, apologies, and reparations. Those will never suffice. What is needed is forgiveness.
The victims and the villains are long dead, but their legacy lingers. How can we erase that legacy, except with forgiveness? All who have been forgiven know the relief it brings. All who forgive know an even greater joy. Will you not call on all Americans to forgive, and be forgiven?
I hope you will. God will bless you for this gesture.
Sincerely,
F.R. Duplantier
St. Louis
The other way to usher in a colorblind society would be to work to end abortion, which affects many more minority groups than it does the majority group. (I know you know this, I just couldn’t quite stop myself from leaving a comment. Thanks for submitting this to the Catholic Carnival this week!)