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Ferguson: No silence, no acceptance
I usually resist the urge to write about every heartbreaking event that comes along. I’m a slow blogger, and by the time I finally write something the moment has often passed. But here’s the thing: silence sometimes looks like acceptance. So let’s talk right now about Ferguson, Missouri. This looks like complex situation in which a lot of people made a lot of mistakes. But I want to state my opinion on a few things that do seem clear. It is absolutely not OK that an unarmed Michael Brown was shot to death by a police officer. And it is…
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A Conversation on Genocide and Whiteness
Jean-Baptiste, a survivor of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, wants his story told and remembered. I had the privilege to sit in his home and listen. Listen. It started with house burnings. Then cattle thefts. Then machete hacks and seven days in a pit, praying, surrounded by the dying and the dead. Ten siblings among the 800,000 lives lost. Jean-Baptiste says he is grateful now for life, but never free of pain. He builds the future by teaching his children a different way, acceptance and even love towards all. He tells his story as a form of healing. But, he says…
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Michelle Garred 