Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, honors the millions of lives lost in Hitler’s death camps. When one group of people or one characteristic gets defined as “not us,” “not normal” or outside the common bounds of humanity, terrible consequences can ensue.
Who do you see defined by our society as “not us”? What do you do to welcome outsiders into the fold?
According to too many, not “us” is the President of the United States. He’s an African Communist and we’ll never let a black upstart get the better of us. He’s “inferior” to “us in every way. So we can call him names and abuse and disrespect him. For me, I’ve honored him, worked for him, supported him in most instances since 2008, scattered his family photos around my house, prayed that his superior dreams succeed.