LETTER NASSAU Edition

• Published in: Newsday
• Main Authors: Carol Berman. Lawrence, Rosemary McNerney. Levittown, John Grundmann. Bethpage, Ida Treworgy. Amityville, Marianna Wohlgemuth. New Hyde Park, Suzanne Taffet-Romano. West Hempstead, Peggy Greco. Deer Park, Samuel Heft. Long Beach
• Format: Newspaper Article
• Language: English
• Published: Long Island, N.Y Newsday LLC 18.06.1995
• Edition: Combined editions

Before the days of affirmative action, would we have seen, in the trial of the century, a prosecution team headed by a Jewish woman assisted by an African-American male? Would we have seen an African-American lead defense counsel assisted by a battery of mostly Jewish lawyers heralded as the best legal talent money could buy? I think not. I graduated from the University of Michigan more than 50 years ago. In our law and medical schools there were no African-Americans and no women, and there were quotas for Jews and Italians. In fact, the benefactor who donated the law quad specifically excluded Jews from living there. I for one have to think long and hard about going back to the old days or relying on the goodwill of the good people. Carol Berman. Lawrence On a recent evening I drove home from Stony Brook via the Long Island Expressway. My little Escort is hard to hold under 60 mph so I check the speedometer often, lest I get a speeding ticket or, even worse, killed. I know I was driving 65 to 70 mph in the center lane. Several times I glanced at my rearview mirror and was terrified as cars zoomed up to my rear bumper, darted out to another lane and left me in their exhaust. It felt like the Indy 500. I wonder how fast they were going - 85 mph or more. Rosemary McNerney. Levittown