To the editor:
Jonathan Metzl recites the positions of several supporters of President Trump who retain their approval of him because of racism or in spite of the fact that doing so is contrary to their own well-being.
Metzl alluded to a focus group respondent who said school budget cuts were justified because African Americans “just use school funds to rent party buses,” and another who criticized immigrants with this statement: “The Mexicans, their food stamps, everything they want, we’re paying for it.”
Those of us who are sociologists, social workers or in other helping professions have said it for some time: America is loaded with racists and others who are impractical at many levels. It is understandable that these people support the president under any circumstance.
Ralph Mitchell, Monterey Park
