Medicine Lodge, Kansas's Locally Owned And Operated Newspaper

Opinion / Religion - September 28,  2020

Mike's World View by Mike Henry

The O.J. Simpson trial and verdict years ago was a real eye-opener for me. How could 12 fair-minded, clear thinking jurors find this man innocent of a vicious double homicide? And why did so many blacks (not all) cheer the verdict? The obvious answer is that they carry such deep-seated anger and resentment that it effects how they see any conflict involving black and white. Justice is impossible with people who carry such a strong bias.
All African-Americans, or any other minority for that matter can tell you of times when they experienced discrimination, whether real or imagined. But then we all do, at the very least, face difficult people who try to put us down. The question is, how do we respond? Do we play the victim, and become bitter, angry, and vengeful toward others, or do we overlook it and take advantage of the opportunities before us to advance and become successful?
Obviously the latter is the best course of action to take. Some have the fortitude to accomplish that on their own, but I think it’s far better when you have the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ to help. Then we can truly forgive people and go on unencumbered to greater things without that ugly bias.
We are all jurors in the court of like. May God help us to drop all prejudices and treat everyone equally and fairly irrespective of status or race. I believe that in everyone of these incidences that have triggered racial unrest, you could switch skin color between cop and suspect and I would conclude the same thing. That’s being fair. Can you say the same?
Blacks and whites who think that they are justified in harassing people, looting and burning innocent businesses only hurt their cause and play into an ugly stereo-type. Where are the black leaders to rebuke and correct them?

Click Here for complete opinion page

  

 

Premiere Inside

School
Sports
Record
Local
Deaths
Opinion
KWIBS
Classifieds
Business Dir.
Subscribe
Ad Information
Staff
Contact Us

Warp Your Favorite Local Person. A Different Victim Each Week!!

Premiere letter policy

To be eligible for publication in this paper, a letter’s content must meet the following criteria: 1) contain information of interest to the community that directly affects the area of  Barber County or its citizens; 2) contain information on local public policy; or 3) contain a response or correction of content published in this paper for purposes of clarification.

Letters in response to items published on the opinion pages may or may not be published, depending on their relevance to the community or content involved. Viewpoints expressed on these pages are the opinions of the authors, and do not reflect the viewpoints of The Gyp Hill Premiere or its staff.

Letters to the editor must be typed or neatly handwritten, contain a signature, return address and telephone number for verification purposes. Letters submitted via e-mail are also welcome, provided that they contain a valid reply-to address.

Letters will be published exactly as written, however The Gyp Hill Premiere reserves the right to edit letters for length, spelling, context or clarity as deemed necessary.

All letters are subject to review and will be published at the discretion of our editorial staff. Letters that contain offensive or defamatory language, libelous statements or content that is generally intended to defame will not be published.

Letters that contain obvious factual errors will not be published, however The Gyp Hill Premiere is not responsible for validating the content of letters.

We also reserve the right not to publish letters that do not meet our publication deadline of noon on Thursday.

A copy of this policy is available at The Gyp Hill Premiere office at 108  N. Main Street during normal business hours.