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Letter: I need to do my part

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Protesters dance through the neighborhood in Rose Park, during the Dance Dance for Revolution protest for racial equality, on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020. The protest was in memory of Jovany Mercardo who was shot last August by Ogden police by four officers, hitting his body sixteen times.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Protesters dance through the neighborhood in Rose Park, during the Dance Dance for Revolution protest for racial equality, on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020. The protest was in memory of Jovany Mercardo who was shot last August by Ogden police by four officers, hitting his body sixteen times.

I have a Black Lives Matter sticker, and I’ve been nervous about putting it on my car because I don’t want some stupid person to vandalize it or something. Isn’t it terrible that I have to worry about that?

But isn’t it a hundred times more terrible that Black people have to worry about their lives every single day? There are many people of color who feel unwelcome in our neighborhoods, cities and country.

After recent events in Wisconsin, and Real Salt Lake owner Dell Loy Hansen going on a racist rant about his players protesting, screw it. Even if it’s small, I need to do my part to let people of color know that they are welcome, wanted and valuable.

David Dinger, Taylorsville

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