Press: Racism Rears Stupid Head

We have our share of racists here, to be sure. While racism is not a laughing matter, sometimes one can only laugh in the face of the idiocy racists tend to display. We think it helps to understand that at the root of racism is not just a lack of compassion, but a fundamentally fractured analytical ability. Volumes have been written on the subject, but an anonymous, four-paragraph letter we recently received pretty much says it all. Here’s the letter exactly as it was submitted: “Has anyone else noticed the alarming influx of Asians, Meskins and Blacks in Coeur D’Alene just in the past two months??? Especially Meskins! The question is, why are they suddenly moving here and who is hiring them when so many Natives of Idaho are out of work?????” / Coeur d’Alene Press editorial . More here .

Question: Should the Press have dignified an anonymous racist letter by making it the subject of an editorial? Should HBO have dignified it, too, by making it the subject of a post?