Dear Editor:
The Ukrainian Antiracist Community condemns the racist language in Myron Kuropas’ “So what!” column (October 12). Our shared Ukrainian heritage and our knowledge of the history of injustices perpetuated against the Ukrainian people obligate us to speak when injustices are committed against our fellow Americans. We were troubled and disappointed to see such a tone-deaf and factually incorrect opinion piece published in The Weekly. This article trivialized the concerted efforts of Black, Indigenous and marginalized communities to be treated equally under the law. Dr. Kuropas’s ill-informed caricature of the 1619 project, in addition to his mocking of LGBTQIA persons and women, did not add substance or merit to the national conversation on equality.