CDA: No longer welcoming place

My family is from Coeur d’Alene. My maternal grandfather served on the Coeur d’Alene police force in the 1930/40s. I was born at Lakeside Hospital. I spent many summers with my cousins on Stanley Hill and learned to swim in the very cold Lake Coeur d’Alene. My paternal grandfather at one time owned most of the land around Black Rock. I’ve enjoyed returning to my birthplace over the years. No more.

How sad to see my beloved community reviled on national television for the disgusting racist attack on the Utah women’s basketball team staying at The Resort. I remember when Morris Dees and the Southern Poverty Law Center took on the racists at Hayden Lake and won. Maybe it’s time to call them back. No maybe about it. I will make that request when I mail my donation.

It’s my fervent hope that the Coeur d’Alene Chamber of Commerce and businesses take leadership in actively opposing this recurrent racist climate.

BARBARA DAHL

Jacksonville, Ore.