I was shocked, but also saddened to read the Letter to the Editor in Monday’s paper from a fellow retired educator. He complained that the statistics of the segregated Negro Leagues were blended in with those of Major League Baseball when it was all white. He claims that this was an attempt to “erase the past and cancel what was done.” We cannot erase the horrible stain of slavery nor of segregation, but when possible, we can do what we can to correct it and educate people about our past. Is it not fair to at least now integrate what was once segregated, as we try to do as a society?

Later in the letter, there is an absurd argument about Julius Erving’s and Hershel Walker’s statistics when playing for a time in different leagues from the NBA and NFL. I cannot understand why anyone would think that this is a valid argument when they played in INTEGRATED leagues. To be honest, this argument smacks of racism, since only black players are named.

Near the end, to quote from the letter, “The problem is, and most liberals don’t get it, is that there was a time when things were done separately, which was wrong, but that is just the way it was. I am sorry it was like that, but I can do nothing about it.” Sadly, that is the problem, when people don’t wish to do anything about a wrong. Luckily, there are others that see it differently and that is why Major League Baseball has done what they did. The letter ends, “We live in a sad world where right and wrong are backwards.” I do agree, but one has to ask, who is right and who is wrong?