I can still remember it. Her screams. The flood of tears. The look of terror on her face. My sister came up the street, looking for her big brother, and what she saw would leave her with nightmares for years.
The pandemic has been hard on all of us. Devastating for many. The toll it has taken on the entire world may not be fully understood for a long time. I understand that the impulse to find someone to blame is normal, but it can never be an excuse for violence, racism or hatred.
The recent mass murder of eight people at three spas in Atlanta — mostly Asian, mostly women — has been a shocking reminder of what racist tropes and unhinged anger can devolve into.