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believe that handing out welfare checks to able-bodied njer and women is wrong. >.■ pjj
“I support Republicans because I believe that state lotteries and the no-fault divorce laws are wrong and that the Republicans may be willing to change them, whereas I know that the liberal Democrats will not.
“And lastly, I support Republicans because until some 20 years ago, the lowest unemployment in America existed among young black males. This was a reality because 60 percent of all young blacks were employed in black ‘mom and pop’ owned businesses. The white liberals and their black elite cohorts have destroyed black businesses because they want to keep the black race in a condition of dependency.
“Why should the black race listen to me? I am the James Meredith who went to the University of Mississippi in 1962 and received a degree in history and political science. In 1966, Walter Cronkite announced that I was dead from an assassin’s bullet while on a ‘walk against fear.’ I still bear the scars and pain of the three shotgun blasts.
“During 1988 Black History Month, the white liberal/black elite coalition succeeded in getting 11 of my speaking engagements cancelled at colleges and military bases. They did not want my message heard. I have dedicated my life to the task of finding the way to make me and my kind full citizens, complete with all the tools necessary for competitiveness. I have learned a lot, and want others to have the benefit of my knowledge.” ,
This plain, blunt, to the point letter appeared in the issue of Sept. 7.
JESSE E. POND, JR.
Sperryville
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