My social media feeds were full of commentary on and denunciation of the neo-Nazi action in Charlottesville, Virginia. I nodded and made sympathetic noises as I read articles and Tweets and long Facebook posts from both expected (Sojourners) and some unexpected (Beth Moore) sources. Not that for a moment I think Canada doesn’t have its own racism problems, but troubling as this whole situation is, it is in the U.S., rooted in their particular contextual circumstances, so I didn’t sense any obligation to make a pronouncement. But then I read an anguished comment – not a shout, but a whispered hope; not a status, but buried in comments on a thread – I wish more white Christians were raising their voices against this . And I’m crushed by “not all white people” defenses. And the next day, my own city was splattered by anti-Semitic vandalism. So I’m speaking up in my little corner with a few “all” statements of my own, directed first and foremost at myself. Maybe no one will read ...
a smattering of brain droppings from a self-styled writer