Discussion about gangs being quashed

According to a story in the Daily Herald, we now have over 1.4 million gang members in the United States. This should be a front-page story. I wonder if the gangbangers include terrorists from al-Qaida, Hamas or Hezbollah? Maybe not, and perhaps we should do a terrorist census to determine who gets our tax dollars to expand gang membership.

What we do know is that the gang problem is spreading to our universities in order to achieve blind diversity. Two professors and a parent warned me not to send our son to Northern Illinois University. I graduated from Northern and continued to serve on advisory boards as well as teach classes. I called the university to find out the truth — no return calls. Finally a vice president returned my call. I asked if there were gang problems at NIU, the administrator warned me that asking about gangs was a “code word.” When I asked for an explanation, he stated again that gangs are a “code word.” I concluded that inquiring about gangs could be considered a racist remark.

At the end of the conversation, he said NIU does not have any gang problems. This extreme form of political correctness eliminates the right to discuss issues, and it also hampers our right to free speech. Where does this stop? Do we allow gangs to run wild in our society? Have we reached a tipping point where there will be random multiple murders, and how will we respond? Or, will we blame “society” and acknowledge that gang violence is actually social justice?

Roman G. Golash

Palatine