To the Editor:
It is with regret that I write this letter challenging the malicious vocabulary of the president as it relates to his innate racism. I’ve decided to respond with a story.
Some years ago in NYC, I had a wonderful friend. Her name was Marie Claude Lavache. She and her sisters immigrated to the U.S. after the fall of the dictator Duvalier in Haiti. They pooled their money and made a life for themselves. They became citizens. Their children went to college, law school and medical school.
January 17, 2018
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