Letters to the editor

EDITOR: I am a member of the white race. I am a mother and a grandmother. On Tuesday, I attended in downtown Wausau the peaceful rally and march, which were to show support of Dylan Yang and concern regarding bullying in our schools and a judicial system that tries and sentences children as adults.

Among the over 500 participants at this peaceful event, several black, Hispanic and Native Americans and only about a dozen white people were in attendance. The great majority of the over 500 participants were members of the Hmong community.

I was initially surprised and then appalled. Thus, I ask: Where were you, my fellow citizens and community members, who are white?

Bullying in schools and on social media, children tried and sentenced as adults in our judicial system: these are not problems that are unique to the Hmong, nor the black, nor any other minority community. These are problems in our society and in all of our communities. These are your problems and mine. These are problems that all of our children could and often do indeed face.

Solidarity and compassion are needed, in order to find solutions to these difficult issues. We must work together, as one community. Thus, I ask my fellow white people: When your child or grandchild is bullied in school or sentenced in court as an adult, who will stand beside you and march in peace and solidarity for that child?

Catherine LeMay-Brown,

Merrill

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