THE KILLER ELITE

I am astonished that The Times would publish a letter as racist as Rosemary C. Watson’s bizarre and slanted vision of white males as “natural born killers” (Sept. 4). To suppose that anyone is more or less prone to vicious behavior by nature of their race requires a “Forrest Gump”-like innocence, or self-imposed ignorance.

Recent massacres in Rwanda and Somalia clearly demonstrate that not all blacks live in harmony outside the influence of the American media. Similar acts of aggression in Asia, the Middle East, the former Yugoslavia and Northern Ireland suggest that all races are equally capable of horrific bloodshed.

Ultimately, individuals of all races decide for themselves whether to practice tolerance or violence. I, for one, will not surrender my individuality to any supposed influence of media or ancestry.

RUSSELL FRAZIER

Glendale

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How dare Calendar print Watson’s racist letter. Calendar would never print a letter that contained such a vicious libel of black men.

PATRICK CURREN

Santa Monica

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Watson should be more concerned with young black males seeing Snoop Doggy Dogg and Tupac Shakur as heroes, rather than worrying that they are being brainwashed into believing Billy the Kid is a figure to be admired.

TOM TISDALE

Fullerton

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I suggest that Watson look deep inside her emotions and examine the guilty pleasure she feels when she makes a generalized attack on a group she considers to be a convenient and easy target while maintaining a delicious sense of moral righteousness. If she does this, she will begin to understand the true nature of prejudice.

If she harbors no such feelings, then I apologize to her for being wrong; but I am no more wrong than she is in carelessly and erroneously labeling me as a “natural born killer.”

DON TERLINDEN

Long Beach