Letters, May 20, 1996

THE END OF INTEGRATION

We are all Americans, not African Americans or white Americans but just American brothers and sisters living together in the same country [NATION, April 29]. Kids going to school, any school, are America's kids. We need to try to give them the same education, no matter how much money their parents make or what what color their skin is. Until we can look at ourselves and recognize this truth, we will never be able to make things better. BRIAN THOMAS Virginia Beach, Virginia

You repeat Kenneth Clark's question, "If they're going to be equal, why are they...

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