Let’s Open the Mail Bag and Take the Rubber Band Off Stack of ’87 : Try the Other Shoe

EDITOR’S NOTE: These letters represent many of the best received by The Times in 1987, and reflect the leading issues and events discussed in Viewpoint during that period.

To all the people who wrote defending Campanis’ remarks: You obviously aren’t black and therefore have never felt the sting of racism. There is a definite difference when the shoe is on the other foot. As a matter of fact, I would like for you to walk a mile in mine sometime.

O.C. SMITH

Los Angeles