LETTER: Missive on critical race theory gives pause

David Tulanian Las Vegas

2 years ago

In this Wednesday, June 24, 2020, photograph, a woman walks past a mural in tribute to Frederic ... — In this Wednesday, June 24, 2020, photograph, a woman walks past a mural in tribute to Frederick Douglass on the exterior wall of the Black-owned Slade’s Bar and Grill in the South End neighborhood of Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Regarding critical race theory, Ricky Kendall’s Saturday letter gave me pause. He wrote: “The facts are … white people kidnapped residents of Africa and made them slaves.” That’s true to a point. But Mr. Kendall omits the fact that a number of black residents in Africa aided (and were paid for their efforts) in the roundup of their own people, who were forced to come to America as slaves.