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Some 60 years ago, young and idealistic women and men known as Freedom Riders rode in freedom buses from California to New England to Alabama, to lend support and, if necessary, life and limb to their fellow Blacks in their fight to end segregation. They braved police dogs, beatings and electric rods.
These peace warriors, spring chickens then and now octogenarians, were exchanging those days of their lives for what they believed — a society that upholds race equality and gender equity. A small measure of success ensued because their timidity morphed into audacity.
It is indeed tragic to see a fundamentally white- and male-dominated government roll back the years of struggle. What is this unnecessary throwback?
Choo Lak Yeow
Waianae
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