Grandpa shows support of mixed families

To the editor: Thanks to Roger for another good column (“Grandkids shape reaction to Cheerios controversy,” published June 26). As a white male of 64 years and five grandkids, none of which are from “sterile” homes, I don’t get the uproar over a cute little girl loving her folks! I’ve got three Cubans, one Thai, and I’ll raise you one Iranian! They are not “ethnic,” they are my grandkids, darn it! Mixed, yes, but not mixed up. If they can deal with it, why can’t we? It’s like the Paula Deen uprising over words we were all brought up with. We’ve all said the N word, and we all know what Belgians call Germans, Lutherans call Catholics, and what Norwegians call Swedes. I even talk to Polish people. Can’t we get over it? Not a white, male, Italian grandkid in the group, but we love each other anyway. Love is blind, and the rest of you aren’t paying attention. Nick Cortese Green Valley