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Quiet Sway
I support Tiger Woods' silence over the lynching reference made by a golf commentator ("Forgive on-air flub," Jan. 16).
As we African-Americans again raise our awareness of issues of civil rights and race relations, just as we do every year from Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday throughout our designated month, we hear talk about how Woods should be outspoken and make demands regarding those comments, that maybe he isn't as "involved in the struggle" as he should be.
I say that "well done" trumps "well said" every time. Yes, people were moved to action by King's most eloquent speeches and those of other leaders of that time.
Tiger Woods doesn't have to shout about racial equality. His lead-by-example solutions would please '60s activists.
Today we need the type of action Woods is providing with his learning academy in Orange County. He is creating the type of opportunity the civil-rights leaders of the '60s would be proud to have sacrificed for.
Those who continue to preach change and do little else but criticize the quiet contributors should take a page from Woods' life and understand that the time for action is now.
CRAIG B. GOODWIN Riverside
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