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A Racist Statement

Great article, “Saunders Challenges Needleman for 33rd District Senate Seat” [Sept. 3] all the way to sentence “Needleman is White; Saunders is Black.” Absolutely irrelevant piece of information that gives the feel of a racist statement. I stopped reading at that point.

Jonathan Steele

Ivoryton

Editor’s note: Given that race is an undeniable factor in many aspects of modern life, when addressing issues of race, the Courier will identify the race of the speaker where possible.