text: I always enjoy and respect your letters to ADN. 
  I also grew up in Oakland but in North Oakland which is a far cry from West Oaklnd. My mom was an early proponent of the NAACP. The nuns at Holy Names had Huey Newton  and Eldridge Cleaver address us white Catholic school girls at an assembly before "Soul On Ice" was written. The Black Panther movement scared the shit out of whites when it became aggresive and threatening. That is when some institutionalized racism began to be addressed. Sorry MLK and Obama but strong oratorical skills are insuficient .
  Eagle River is 99percent white . Most of my well to do neighbors are indeed "a basket of racist and entitled deplorables" who absolutely cling to their guns and religion to defend their bigotry. 
  My son got kicked out of Ravenwood for wearing a bandana and " gang clothing" as a twelve year old. He just loved upsetting the apple cart.  Now in law school .
  Had the ten black kids at Chugiak worn Black Panther gear and held up a poster of