I’m hoping to avoid getting drawn into a letter-writing contest with Ms. Jones regarding her assertion that, “. . . it usually is about race in Lewes,” and my taking exception to that point of view on her part.
She recently took great pains to share her background and experiences in an attempt to lend credibility to her viewpoint. She need not do that for my edification.
There are a couple of differences between us. I said that she, “. . . certainly can say what she wants,” while she used extensive hyperbolic rhetoric in an attempt to belittle and silence me. That she cannot do.
Another difference between us is that, during the last election for the Cape Henlopen Board of Education, I endorsed two candidates who happened to be African American, even writing a published letter to the editor on their behalf. This I did, not because of their skin color, but because I felt they were the best candidates for the job.
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