Sexton is not a racist

I think that it's about time that Deena Hayes (letter, Aug. 23) and the members of her dynamic new civil rights group give it a rest. These folks, plus Skip Alston and Earl Jones, act as if ignorance were a virtue regarding their unending trashing of Karen Sexton.

What is laughable is Jones calling Sexton a racist. Here is a man who gives the key to the city to Louis Farrakhan. Contrast that to Sexton, who has spent much of her free time working with children in the black community trying to make their lives a little better.

What is even more distressing is the apparent paranoia on the part of some in the black community. Rather than looking to solve the many problems in that community, such as the skyrocketing illegitimacy, crime and school dropout rates, they instead prefer to continue to use the racism scapegoat.

Does racism exist in our society? Of course.

Is it the reason for every problem in the black community? Not hardly.

Yet I have read letter after letter from black people who know nothing about Sexton calling her a racist when every bit of her life is a total contradiction of that point. These same folks then praise Jones.

Let's compare the records of the two and then determine who is a racist. The problem with too many black people is that they continue to want to look backward rather than forward.

Tony Moschetti
High Point

News & Record September 2, 1994