Dear Editor:

No, you didn’t hear any mention of Steven Amenhauser. Oprah didn’t say his name, Maxine Waters didn’t say his name, Joe Biden didn’t say his name. Steven wasn’t black or Asian or transsexual. He belonged to no protected group. He was just a down-on-his-luck white man.

Steven never found any of the white privilege that Don Lemon and Joy Reid claim he benefited from. He was a simple man who lived a short, hard life. An orphan, he never knew his birth family; his adoptive parents passed away, leaving him alone in the world. Born with diminished mental capacity, Steven made the best of the hand that life dealt him.

He washed dishes at a truck-stop cafe in Texas, supporting himself and his wife, Lisa Michelle. Photos of Steven from those years show a smiling man with sparkling eyes. Lisa passed away on June 16, 2011. Steven left Texas and settled in Rochester, New York.

In Rochester, he eventually met a lady who became his best friend. The sky seemed a bit brighter but it wasn’t to last.

In October his friend passed away, leaving him alone once again. His health failing, he spent most of his remaining time in a rented room on Lyell Avenue.

Around noon on Friday, March 12, Steven walked to a corner store. During his brief absence, two black youths entered Steven’s home and awaited his return. As he sat in a chair, the thugs doused Steven with a flammable liquid and set him afire ... after telling him that he should inform the police it was “two white guys” that burned him. Steven spent the next four days in agony, until death took him the following Tuesday. Rochester Police Detective Frank Umbrino gave an emotional statement, “There was no family in his life at the time of his death, so the reason I’m telling you a little bit about him is because there is nobody else to speak for him.”

One of the accused was awaiting trial on a felony assault and robbery charge when he helped immolate Steven. It is anticipated that both thugs will remain in the “youth” portion of the New York judicial system. They will do minimal time in detention and be back on the streets to hunt their next white victim.

The leftists accuse Donald Trump of declaring open season on Asians by calling the Chinese virus, the “Chinese virus.” Vice President Harris said the other day that America is “racist, xenophobic and sexist, and always has been.” Coca-Cola wants us to be less white. Trump hater and deep stater John Brennan says he is “increasingly embarrassed to be a white man.” Yet no one dare ask if the heinous torture inflicted on Steven Amenhauser might have been collateral damage in the war on whites that rages all around us.

Say his name. We owe him at least that.

Jim Guelde

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