Selling our country down the river

Civil Rights are much touted and oft overlooked in our country. Back in the '60s, in an effort to guarantee equality of life to blacks and woman, both Presidents Kennedy and Johnson signed legislation designed to assure these minority groups equality - specifically in voting and employment. Since then, the legislation has been strengthened to eliminate any possibility of prejudicial treatment.

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But somewhere along the way, in a scramble to make sure everyone has equal standing, we have left the white population in the dust of the the civil rights race track.I wonder if any of those past signers anticipated these unintended consequences? Today, non-citizens can and are incentivized to vote, minorities get preferential treatment on college applications, minorities receive promotion and raises pushing them past more qualified Caucasians. We are so terrified of the accusation of racism that we tilt the playing field too far. We are afraid that criticizing the President for his policies will be labeled racist. And in our political correctness, we are selling our country down the river. We should never fear saying that the President has failed us. That statement is not racist. It is factual. Our fear to speak a principled truth may cost us our Republic. Jean Arcamone Englewood, FL

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