What We Must Do Now.
The arrest of George Zimmerman.
brandonbowlin
thedarkroome.com
It is so very easy to ask for revenge. Revenge is quick, to the point, often loud and even more often irreversible. I am reminded of the story of the Amish Families of 5 little girls who went to school one morning and ended up systematically and brutally murdered by a monstrously deranged man who then killed himself. These Families almost immediately comforted the Parents and widow of the man...it is said that one man who held the killer's sobbing father said, "He has lost a child as well". True honor holds fast in the dark.
Anger is not the goal. Racism is not the goal. However, while Justice is the goal, may we pause for just a moment to embrace the salient fact that one radiant young man's spirit has brought an entire nation together on his behalf. It is a remarkable opportunity which we can use to raise this nation from the depths of manufactured divisions or to dig further down a route of dehumanization. Trayvon's future has been handed to us. And now we must choose to honor it.
--brandonbowlin
Anger is not the goal. Racism is not the goal. However, while Justice is the goal, may we pause for just a moment to embrace the salient fact that one radiant young man's spirit has brought an entire nation together on his behalf. It is a remarkable opportunity which we can use to raise this nation from the depths of manufactured divisions or to dig further down a route of dehumanization. Trayvon's future has been handed to us. And now we must choose to honor it.
--brandonbowlin
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