To the Editor:
There will always be people who feel the need for special treatment, whether it’s getting into a V.I.P. nightclub, flying first class, wearing obvious designer labels and so on. That’s how the world is.
But instead of focusing on why some people get special treatment, we should be asking why everybody isn’t getting treated as well as everybody deserves to be treated. In other words, instead of focusing on why some people get more, we should be focusing on why so many are getting less.
Why are some people not treated well because of their skin color? Why are some people left in a hospital room with no sunlight and facing a brick wall? Why are people given horrible food in hospitals? On planes, why are people in coach crammed in like cattle and made to wait in line for the bathroom when first-class bathrooms sit empty?
Everybody should be treated at the same highest level of care.
LYNN NEVINS
Astoria, Queens
