Despite the steady rain, over 500 Long Islanders came to the spot where seven young, angry, unhinged white men surrounded and stabbed an Ecuadoran man, Marcelo Lucero, killing him brutally. This outpouring by the community is important, because it shows that there are decent people who want to change the way we interact with each other.
The change that people voted for this past election is essential to America's future. It doesn't just happen. Whenever I feel despair, I watch those crowds at Obama rallies once again. I see America as it can be, should be, as most Americans want it to be. But we have to make it be. It is not a passive experience. We must be intentional in healing the wounds that run so deeply in our national psyche, and within our individual stories. Racism is very complex and often very personal. It can be undone, if we believe that we can.
Here is a link to the Newsday coverage of last night's vigil. There is video and a slide show, too.
Be intentional in everything we do. There is no time for despair.
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