“Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

I am responding to the letter to the editor from “Carnac, the Magnificent” (a.k.a Stanley McKie, “Equity is key in education and employment”, published July 26) where he imputed to me thoughts of his own by introducing them with “I know that Ms. Petersen knows …” or “I also know that Inez knows … “

I suggest “Carnac” should hold my letters up to his turban and take another guess at what I know.

My first letter connected the idea that the DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) buzzword, equity, in a campaign statement indicated that that candidate was mostly likely “woke” (“Don’t vote ‘woke’ in school district race”, published July 19). Woke-ism is directly connected to racial preferences.

In my second letter (“The Dobbs decision and state’s rights,” published July 26), I addressed the writer who defamed the U.S. Court justices for their decision in SFFA v. Harvard & UNC which struck down racial preferences.

Treating people differently based on race is a grievous part of our American history (“Carnac’s reference to Emmett Till, 1955, for example). But isn’t it time to end racial preferences?

How long do we disadvantage those who didn’t commit the discriminatory acts of the past and reward those who didn’t suffer from them?

To do so does nothing but perpetuate victimhood and unrest in our society. Token “diversity” hires or token “diversity” students to reach some artificial quota will not make America great again. This is how the dumbing down of America occurs.

The American ideal should be color blind in all instances, if we honor Martin Luther King’s legacy.

But I’m not sure the “Carnacs” of our country put as much faith in merit as the Justices do or as I do.

Inez Petersen

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