Mr. Leo repeatedly blames diversity

for the creation of Mr. Blair. My biggest concern is his portrayal of

Mr. Blair as the poster child of diversity gone wild.

While researching this response,

I reviewed an editorial by George Curry of the Atlanta Voice. Mr. Curry

pointed out that Clifford Irving created a false biography of Howard Hughes,

Joe McGinnis committed plagiarism in his book, "The Last Brother,"

Mike Barnicle of the Boston Globe, and Stephen Glass of the New Republic

to name a few, all had questionable writing activities.

I point out these instances

where white reporters suffered lapses in professionalism to show that

no one condemns their race for their actions, nor should they. Similarly,

Mr. Blair's actions need to be regarded as those of an individual failure

only.

Howard Arden

Senoia