What have we become? I am most astounded by the 22 people who did nothing. Silence does equal death. Imagine a Muslim shopkeeper refusing service to a Christian or a Jew? The outcry would be loud, swift and overwhelming. What have we become?
There Will Be Bread... When we gather around the table and break bread together, we are transformed not only individually but also as community. We, people from different ages and races, with different backgrounds and histories, become one body." -Henri Nouwen
Thanks for this, Fran. I'm not surprised at the 22 who did nothing. Most people often do nothing in the face of injustice, no matter how much they know it is wrong. This is how genocide is maintained. We are wounded to such a degree that we stand immobilized in the face of tragedy.
ReplyDeleteI loved the comment by the guy who did the thumbs up - telling a 5th generation American that he is not American. Quinones family probably had been here longer than that guy's!
ReplyDeleteIf it's any consolation - and it won't be - it's just the same here.
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