This letter is in response to Mr. Chino Wilson's (column, Feb. 2) concerning the planned destruction of African-Americans.

I am not going to deny that racism is still running rampant in the United States. To do so would be completely ignorant, especially in light of certain events that have occurred at our very own University.

I do believe, however, that Mr. Wilson carries this point to such a one-sided extreme that he is only increasing the animosity that Caucasian-Americans and African-Americans direct toward each other.

I would specifically like to address three points that Mr. Wilson brings forth in his (column). They are the issues of AIDS, rape and drugs.

Mr. Wilson's suggestion that AIDS is the result of a government plan to keep African-Americans from gaining political power or to quell a possible black revolution is totally absurd and without logic.

AIDS obviously has ravaged the lives of both African-Americans and Caucasian-Americans, alike. We live in a society that is graced with outstanding scientific technology and educational advancement.

Given this fact, I find it hard to believe that scientists could conjure up such a disease for one race, and not be able to foresee the disease's implication on another race.

Mr. Wilson also points out that 13 percent of all rapes are interracial, with a vast majority of these rapes being conducted by white men on black women. What he doesn't acknowledge is the amount of rape being conducted by black men on white women.

To do so, Mr. Wilson would actually be acknowledging that African-Americans perpetrate some of their own misfortunes.

In a recent study, reported by Cable Network News, it was found that a majority of the violent crimes committed in the United States were done so intraracially (that is, committed against people of the same race).

I find it interesting that Mr. Wilson only points out the issue of white men raping black women, but mentions no statistics on other violent crimes.

On the issue of cocaine importation, I think Mr. Wilson does have a valid point concerning the FBI's and the CIA's inability to stop the flow of cocaine into the United States. Drugs can be a very profitable investment, and yes, these agencies may not be interested in stopping the flow of cocaine into our country, but no one is forcing the African-American population to use cocaine.

Finally, Mr. Wilson mentions the recent wave of bombings in the South as a protest of black men raping white women. This is a very sickening and warped way of fighting back against such an action such as rape.

Rape needs to be addressed, but not in this fashion. Racism needs to be addressed also. Mr. Wilson points out that African-Americans will address this issue by any means possible, including violence.

Mr. Wilson, you are just as warped as these Southerners, especially if you are going to base your revolution on the one-sided facts you have presented in your article.