Philadelphia: Joseph Messina, a 12-year-old 7th-grade honors student at Mastery Charter Thomas Campus, was attacked and beaten by six other students. Several weeks later, a racial threat was spray painted on his home that read, “Snitch’n ass. Die cracker", an epithet often used by blacks against whites. [We hesitate to carry this story because we do not want to be part of a process that leads to race hatred. The father of this boy clearly is so angry that it appears he is ready for violent retribution. Our enemies are masters of 'divide-and-conquer', and such action, while easy to understand on the part of the father, would play into the hands of the enemies of both races that want race war and martial law to place the final clamp-down on America. Yet, this event really happened, and we are under an obligation to report it honestly and objectively. However, we fervently hope that our readers will not step into the trap of counter hatred and violence.] [...]
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