{"id":172755,"date":"2021-02-07T04:18:24","date_gmt":"2021-02-07T01:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/letters-to-the-editor-feb-7-2021\/"},"modified":"2021-02-07T04:18:24","modified_gmt":"2021-02-07T01:18:24","slug":"letters-to-the-editor-feb-7-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/letters-to-the-editor-feb-7-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"#Letters to the Editor \u2014 Feb. 7, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Letters to the Editor \u2014 Feb. 7, 2021<\/strong>”
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Mitten \u2018privilege\u2019
<\/strong>To no surprise, a San Francisco public-school teacher, Ingrid Seyer-Ochi, has written an opinion piece alleging that the \u201cmittens\u201d and \u201cpuffy\u201d jacket Sen. Bernie Sanders chose to wear for the inauguration is a sign of his \u201cwhite privilege\u201d (\u201cSan Francisco teacher writes in op-ed: Bernie Sanders\u2019 mittens a \u2018lesson in white privilege,\u2019\u200a\u201d Feb. 2).<\/p>\n

She went on to write that Sanders \u201cmanifests privilege, white privilege and class privilege\u201d in ways her students could see and feel. Her logic is frightening.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, she remained silent on the $2,000 Dior sneakers Kamala Harris\u2019 nephew-in-law chose to wear. Rumor has it the sneakers can be had on the resale market for $25,000.<\/p>\n

Did she glean any thoughts about that chosen attire? Were those same students traumatized by the way this young man chose to dress at the inauguration in the same fashion? Were they able to sleep that night with thoughts of \u201cprivilege\u201d racing through their heads because of mittens?<\/p>\n

I shudder to think of the future of today\u2019s students, who are subjected to the dribble of some educators. Is there any hope that common sense may someday prevail?
Patricia Ryan<\/em>
Boca Raton, Fla.<\/em><\/p>\n

A nice ice tale
<\/strong>I am a fourth-grade teacher in The Bronx who makes every effort to read to my students a little something from the news<\/a>paper each day (\u201cMeet Mr. Ice Guy,\u201d Feb. 3).<\/p>\n

You don\u2019t know how hard it\u2019s been \u2014 and I\u2019m not just talking about the pictures. Thank God for the weather forecasts.<\/p>\n

Your \u201cMr. Ice Guy\u201d story was a refreshing and very welcome change from the usual news of the day. Please keep it up. My fourth-graders and I are sure there are more \u201cIce Guys\u201d (and gals!) out there than we\u2019ve been led to believe.
John Sheridan<\/em>
Hunts Point<\/em><\/p>\n

Thrive\u2019s failure
<\/strong>Last Tuesday, another straphanger was shoved in front of a train in Brooklyn (\u201cAnother straphanger in shove nightmare,\u201d Feb. 5).<\/p>\n

Has anyone asked the mayor\u2019s wife, Chirlane McCray, what her ThriveNYC program is doing to combat this issue? These are obviously mentally ill people who are committing these horrific acts. But I guess ThriveNYC, the joke that it is, is not doing a damn thing about it.
Gene O\u2019Brien<\/em>
Whitestone<\/em><\/p>\n

Cuo\u2019s dining delay
<\/strong>I cannot believe that members of the press didn\u2019t question Gov. Cuomo on his assertion that the restaurant industry could not open for indoor dining until Valentine\u2019s Day because they needed the 17 days to hire staff and get ready (\u201cNo love for V-Day dining-in return,\u201d Feb. 2).<\/p>\n

This industry has been begging for relief, and I\u2019m pretty sure that restaurants, currently open for single-digit-temperature outdoor dining only, need to unlock their front doors to be in business again.<\/p>\n

This governor does not tolerate being questioned or disagreed with and the 17-day delay is nothing but his vindictive streak seeping out.<\/p>\n

The delay and his insistence on 25 percent (instead of 50 percent) indoor capacity is nothing more than a reminder from King Cuomo to New Yorkers that our daily lives are subject to his whims.
Christopher O\u2019Keefe <\/em>
Manhattan<\/em>

<\/em>RIP, Screech
<\/strong>I\u2019m so sad to hear the news about the passing of Dustin Diamond, who played Screech on \u201cSaved by the Bell\u201d (\u201cDustin Diamond Dies At 44,\u201d<\/a> Feb. 2).<\/p>\n

One of the best shows and the funniest characters. RIP, Dustin.
Paul Bacon<\/em>
Hallandale Beach, Fla.<\/em>\n <\/div>\n

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