To the editor:
President Biden recently listed Systemic Racism and White Privilege as the two most serious problems in the United States. The media gives the impression that large numbers of Americans, particularly Republicans, are racists.
I was born and lived in the Detroit area until I was hired as a professor at Ohioâs Bowling Green University in 1973. In Detroit, I was part of a mostly Black faith community. I attended Wayne State University in Detroit for nine years for my bachelorâs, masterâs and doctorate degrees. In my classes were large numbers of Blacks, and I had many Black professors. My masterâs thesis chairperson was a Black woman, as were members of my Doctoral committee. I earned my way through college by working for my father who owned a company staffed with Black employees.