“Charleston and the vast middle zone of judgment”
“Since we already know that the policy response to this attack will be “nothing,” it is worth considering whether there are non-governmental actions that can reduce the likelihood of this kind of terrorist action from happening again…
My Washington Post colleague Karen Attiah wrote that this murderer “violently shatters one particularly entrenched myth that society holds about racism — that today’s millennials are more tolerant than their parents, and that racism will magically die out as previous generations pass on.” But Tyler’s quote suggests a slightly different problem — some millennials are so tolerant and non-judgmental that they will not even weigh in when a friend spouts racist views.”
Is that it? Or does ANYONE know what to do when a friend starts to indicate violent racism? Literally, think of a person in your life who you know and like and imagine of they started revealing this side of themselves. Denial or running away come to mind. Those are bad options, but they are the only obvious ones in a society that doesn’t have any other tools for dealing with prejudice.
We need more tools.
(credit to KE, I think)
