Depressing news (#226, Topic A)

Sunday's Washington Post carried an Haiku (a word of Japanese origin, meaning: life in a snapshot), written by a handsome 17-year-old Indian man (as shown in the accompanying photo). Whenever he went to an airport to catch a flight, he would be stared at by young children, causing them to cry and, as a result, causing their parents to call the police, who invariably would search him, causing him to be late for his flight. Although he wrote in good humor, he was understandably upset as well. A couple of days earlier, WP carried another story about another Indian, a professional obviously well-to-do, placing a deposit to buy a $500,000 second home in Arizona, sight unseen. When he presented himself to complete the sales transaction, the seller, a construction company, refused to settle. Though the potential buyer received some $125,000 as compensation, after he won a suit he filed, it was clear that he was not happy that he was unable to buy that second home. A couple of days before that, WP carried, on its front page, a color photograph showing "KKK" vandalized on the window of a home in Charles County in Maryland, and "White Power" on the side of a car parked in front of that home. No suspect was identified. Charles County is the same county in which, a couple of months ago, about a dozen unoccupied brand-new homes were set on fire, on account of their owners being African-Americans. It is reading news like these that depresses me. Perhaps I should stop reading papers as well?