Good morning. I’m David Curley, a member of the BUF Black Lives Matter ministry action team.
Two weeks, two more mass murders. Two very troubled young men, armed and armored, play-acting violent power—power utterly absent in their actual lives.
We want to explain.
“We know racism when we see it”—Senator Raphael Warnock about targeting Asian Americans, and true in the Atlanta event, but not true of all mass murders.
“It’s a problem of toxic masculinity in American culture”—overgeneralized, perhaps true in some sectors, but not of all men. To me, this statement ignores changes that women have made in our community.
Still, across and within racial boundaries, we perform the same roles in the same grieving, horrific, and terrifying play.
Can we imagine a new play? Can we model new roles of courage?
What would self-aware soul-gardening look like?
What would a diverse, antiracist, Beloved Community response be?
Can we sing a new song?
P.S. This antiracism moment took me in an unexpected direction. Comments and criticism are welcome.
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