ARTICLES BY BOB MCADAMS/GUEST OPINION

The real roots of racism in America

I learned as a young child that everyone should be treated equally. That good behavior, respect for others, and honesty were paramount moral principles. The Ten Commandments represented the simple guidelines for living. As a sophomore in high school, I witnessed the forced integration of blacks into white schools in …
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Opinion: This isn't a color issue

In the Saturday edition of the Press a half-page Associated Press article about Ruby Bridges, a civil rights figure, has stated that racism and segregation is on the rise, the implication being that whites are the cause of it. I take exception to that. Ms. Bridges, if racism is on …
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