Thursday, August 17, 2017
To a vigil last night about Charlottesville. This
was, for the most part, an important event, and I am glad I attended.
In the way of these things elected officials alternated with various
religious leaders in discussing the issues we are confronted with, and
made a number of good points. However,
about two thirds of the way into it one of the shaman started talking
about how Make America Great Again was a flawed concept because for many
America has never been great. It wasn't great to the African slaves and
their descendants, it wasn't great for immigrants, it wasn't great for
Jews-- "Well," he said, "Not all of them. Some did all right for
themselves." A murmur of disapproval rippled the air. The woman sitting
next to me fingered the Star of David on the chain around her neck, and I
thought to myself, "This is the heart of the problem. Bigotry is so
deeply bred into our national psyche that it can and will bubble to the
surface even in a church, even at a rally against bigotry. Honestly,
there is a long road in front of us.
// posted by Bill @ 1:15 PM 
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