Suburbanites not prejudiced or lost

While I understand Chris Edwards' lamentation and call to action for the American public to help small farmers (yeah -- keep fighting), I call to question several points in his article ("A new Great Depression," Dec. 5) that seem to rather disturb me.\nFirst, being from the suburbs and having moved to the country, I do not have a distaste for blacks, Hispanics or anyone else for that matter, and find that while there are some people of suburbia who do, every person from suburbia does not. In fact, I very strongly support equal rights for all -- blacks, Hispanics, gays and lesbians, etc. \nSecondly, blacks and Hispanics did not cause my family to move from the suburbs to the country. I take offense to any kind of a statement like that -- it is too much of a generalization. \nThirdly, his discussions of factories not being "places for people" also concern me. I am sure there are some that fit Edwards' description. But all do not. My father has had the privilege to work in a factory -- The Ford Stamping Plant in Chicago Heights. He does not spend his nights doing mindless things; he has to use his brain everyday. He fixes problems that occur, which allows an automaking giant to continue to produce cars. Without its employees using their brains, Ford would cease to exist. \nFourth, Edwards discusses young people and the lack of identity they feel. As a young person who has never worked on a farm, I have a strong sense of identity and of what it means to be an American. \nFifth, as a person who rather frequently writes to my congressman, they do open the letters, so keep writing. And if they don't, isn't it our responsibility to write a second letter, call or do something until our voice is heard? In the future when writing columns, Edwards should stick to the topic at hand and leave inflammatory remarks aside. It would make for a better column.