Ferguson verdict

The >Ferguson verdict and the violence in its aftermath show how fragile relations are still between the whites and African-Americans in the world’s greatest democracy (Nov. 26). Despite voting a black President to power, America has still to get rid of its legacy of the alienation of the black minority. More than anything else, the verdict shows how marginalised sections in any society will always remain so and neglected by the law. Whether it is Dalits in India or the blacks in America, it seems they have to fight for justice as it never seems to come to them in the natural course of the law.

Sharada Sivaram,

Chennai