Letter: Milton parent says 'racism is always wrong'
Editor’s note: This letter is in response to a letter to the editor written by Nina Culbertson of Milton in October.
To the editor:
My sons are first and third graders in the Milton Public Schools. In their short lives they have learned that racism is always wrong, and not only are they to never judge another person based on any immutable characteristic but they are not to tolerate anyone doing the same to them.
Despite parent Nina Culbertson's belief there is literally no such thing as "systemic racism." Since the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964, there is no codification into law any practice that allows the federal government to discriminate based on race or color.
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Individuals, however, can be racist and unfortunately here in Milton the MPS administration and some town meeting members believe anti-white and anti-Asian discrimination is okay. In direct defiance of the CRA, the MPS are instituting race-based discriminatory policies, calling it "anti-racism", "equity" and "social justice."
People don't get to redefine words in order to excuse their racist policies. Discriminating based on race is racism. And racism is always wrong. Being colorblind, as MLK preached, and treating everyone equally - NOT "equitably" - is the only way forward. It is what I teach my children and it is what I demand of the Milton Public Schools.
RON CECCHINI
Milton
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