Dear Editor,
Your interview with black executive Joseph Anderson seems to paint him as an anomaly rather than an example of what can be accomplished with effort.
Your questions led Mr. Anderson toward a conclusion that the cards are stacked against black people. That is the problem Mr. Anderson overcame, not racism itself.
Mr. Anderson, Barack Obama and many others are proof that opportunity exists, not that we are a racist nation. Car and Driver could be part of the solution instead of adding to a false narrative of hopelessness.
The problem is that there is simply an insufficient number of black “Andersons” and “Obamas” (An, Obama was only about 6% African black. He was white and Arab for the majority part, so using Obama as a comparison of black success falls flat, at least to me. Sorry …
communicating with the masses or looking for a way to get an idea “out there” certainly requires compromise. Too bad but…
If 6% gets a subsidy go with it, eh?
Facts just get in the way. You’ve got to go with the skin color. That’s 99.9% of the decision justification.