We Must Do Better

Yesterday, I was driving to the church, listening to NPR when I heard that on Wednesday, somebody left a noose at the Smithsonian Museum of African American History & Culture. A noose. NPR had a guest on speaking about it, Carol Anderson, the author of "White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of our Racial Divide". She suggested that after the investigation into the act, the museum ought to implement the noose into an exhibit to show that racism is alive and bold in 2017. Seems like a brilliant idea to me. It's devastating to hear stories like this. Just when we start to get comfortable in our own little world...boom, a dose of reality that shows us how far we still have to go. We must learn and then come to terms with our nation's real, sometimes ugly history. We have to put ourselves in situations where we meet people unlike us, and realize there is nothing to be afraid of. In fact, there is a lot to learn from people who don't share the same background as ourselves. A LOT. We have to do it for ourselves. We have to do it for our children. We have to do it for future generations, so that we can create a new chapter in the history books. It seems like every day we get another dose of bad news, so we have to individually, and then collectively, work hard to change that narrative. We must do better. Humanity desperately needs it.