Re: 'Woke foundations use dollars….' [Village News, Terrell letter, 6/10/21]

As usual, liberal are free to voice their twisted opinions and bend the words of people they don't agree with right here in our newspaper. That's the beautiful thing about Ms. Reeder, she is truly tolerant and believes in the constitution that gives us all freedom of speech. Too bad Conservatives aren't afforded the same respect and freedom of speech on places such as Facebook and the internet that all taxpayers funded the internet to have.

While Mr. Graber is right on, we have the almost weekly opinion of Mr. Terrell who is so far out there he must be from Mars. Let's get one thing straight about these Woke corporations and their billions of dollars donated to Black Lives Matter thugs who extort money from them in exchange for not being attacked for their "whiteness" or "privilege." So wake up, Mr. Terrell explains their eagerness to donate...its a preventive measure.

As long as you are white and give up millions and billions of dollars, they will leave you alone.

I am all for philanthropy to help anybody and everybody who needs help, but a hand up, not a hand out.

This money whether it be college education, grants for business, etc., it needs to be handled by a fiduciary of sorts. Not handed to BLM directly for them to spend as they see fit. For the love of God we now have one of the founders spending millions buying up homes for herself. There has to be oversight and an accounting of where this money is going.

I bet not a dime goes to any project, grant, schooling, etc that has anything to do with helping black people. You hear nothing about Chicago where our black children are being gunned down in the streets by these same thugs. I am calling for an investigation into where the money is going and what is happening to it.

I am done with Ford, Coca-Cola and any of their products, PowerAid drink, etc. Read all the labels from now on. Cisco, Amazon, Gatorade, Deckers Out Door, Unilever, Nabisco/Ritz, DoorDash, Warner Music Group, AirBNB and so many more. My next car will be a Chevy. I drink Pepsi now.

I canceled my Amazon Prime account, so I'll pay a little more to go directly to the website I want to purchase from.

All this war on racism that doesn't exist to the extent the fake media would have you believe is just more of the same leftist divisiveness. It all started with Obama and continues with his behind the scenes string pulling from his multimillion dollar basement. Where are his and Michele's donations? How about Biden and his millions from China?

I have never met one business owner who's only objective was profit....except maybe the Mexican cartels you let in across our borders illegally.

The first obligation and objective of any business is to make a profit, so it stays in business. Mr. Terrell, you are correct, as a business owner I do get to set the terms of employment and you can take it or leave it, but you do not get to dictate how I run my business. Ninety-nine percent of the businesses today take care of their employees as we got to see first hand with the China virus plague. So tell me if America is so bad, why is everyone risking their lives and selling their children to come here?

I am already paying taxes to support the poor people who can't afford health care, among hundreds of other handouts. I pay for your Medicare, and California MediCal programs. All I ask is that you leave my health insurance that I pay for alone.

If other countries are so great then why don't you go live there and take all your left thinkers with you and leave the rest of us alone? That's the problem, you want to tell us how we should live our lives like you know what is best for the rest of us. You know what you can do with that don't you?

Shanika Benson