The Issue: Mayor Adams comparing an 84-year-old critic to a plantation owner at a public meeting. Mayor Adams has apparently dropped all pretense of race neutrality, and may soon regret that he failed to heed the old adage: “It is better to be thought a fool, than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt” (“Grow a Thicker Skin, Mr. Mayor,” Editorial, June 30) Hubris and racism produce a layer cake so toxic that no amount of political sugar-coating laid on top can ever make it acceptable. He has embarrassed the African-American community and revealed himself as just another intolerant...