To the Editor:
We notice how letters to the editor highlight specific names of other individuals who author letters that may have an opposing view. The opposing author escalates the discussion in a negative manner. The approach mimics what we observe in social media that represents Pike County. As a result, negativity is increased and any positive or civil letter or post is trivialized or soon forgotten.
A question was raised about Pennsylvania, independence and Black Lives Matter. First, we need to recall the Ku Klux Klan earliest entrance into Pike County. Second, we need to recall the word “faggot” written across a driveway only a few years ago in Milford, the county seat. Third, we must recall it was a white man who killed a local state trooper and wounded another. We also need to recall a white man murdered a young white girl.
White privilege is about a structure established by the majority group. Whites in America comprise 76 percent, whereas Blacks about 13 percent. The majority votes and elects and then re-elects their own, a select white demographic. It is a matter of numbers, of statistics and the fact humans have bias. This is the fragility weaved into our social fabric.
Pike County will continue to highlight names of those with opposing views. The squashers of opposing views are the Pike majority. It is time now for minority groups to unite. Pike has permitted a heavily biased base to run the county.
It is time for our elected to listen and hear and act for all of us. No one is special, not even the majority who seek re-elections. We need to respect all through unity in action. We must highlight the best traits in each other. No person is 100 percent pure, look at our Tom Quick and several other local fabricated heroes. Highlight the charity of Pike residents and the love they share via festivals and fundraisers.
Kevin Holian
Milford