Saturday, March 22, 2008
Letter Should suburbanites take care of their own needy?
Detroit's mayor has exhumed the deceased N-word that was so ceremoniously buried this past year -- with Kwame Kilpatrick's use of it in the State of the City address. And then City Council issued a new edict of no federal funding for Detroit charities with boards controlled by suburbanites (meaning whites).
Our church in Troy has been tending to the needy of the inner city with food, gifts at Christmas and deliveries of clothing and bedding to the homeless who live in the tunnels under parts of the city.
Perhaps we should change our mission, tend to the needy suburbanites and allow Detroit to continue the stellar job of taking care of their own.