Maybe the reason Dru got so much attention is because her white family and friends were right there to search, hold fund-raisers, and publicize her story. What did you do the last time one of your black sisters were in trouble? Did you pass out posters? Did you go to the media then, when you weren’t the center of attention as in your column? Or do you only write when the article is accompanied with your picture? Did you climb the countryside looking for her? Did you organize fund-raisers to help prolong the search privately when the military ended their commitment? If you answered no to these questions, maybe you should rethink what the problem really is.
Gerri Woodbeck,
Inver Grove Heights
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