Addressing Some Racism

We've been debating the right time to address the removal of the CSA monument currently in place at the Lauderdale County Courthouse. Ideally, it should be moved to the Florence City Cemetery or other suitable place. We do not see that happening in the immediate future due to our county commission. We welcome readers' thoughts on this problem and any solutions they may offer.

So why is now the right time to broach the subject of any form of racism? It seems our blog has been accused of being racist for calling out a white school administrator who overlooked a student's infraction. Now we're told the student is of mixed race (something we could not tell from the photograph published online).

However, we are astounded at those who made this about the young woman who received the preferential treatment and not about the admin who gave it. We're not sure if this stems from the large number of individuals who can't read with comprehension or a victim mentality that prevails much of our society.

That being said, we want to stress that we will not tolerate either readers or bloggers being called vulgar names or threatened. Simply because we allow negative comments, it doesn't follow that we allow abusive ones.

Namaste!