Just as awful is the recurring way in which we react: with a list of victims and shock, followed by condolences to a particular group of people, talk of the history of hate crimes against that group, and finding simple reasons for each shooting. And a society that lets this occur over and over again.įor me as a human being, each was awful. We have chosen to concentrate on their differences rather than their commonality: Americans shot in the 21st century while doing ordinary things in their lives. Yes, they were of different ages, different skin colors and different religions. Note the commonality of them all - people shot while doing ordinary things in their lives. A few examples: an elementary school in December 2012 where 6- and 7-year-old children were shot ( Newtown, Conn.) a church in June 2015 where people were shot during Bible study ( Charleston, S.C.) a synagogue service in fall 2018 ( Pittsburgh) and spas (Atlanta) and a grocery store (Boulder) in March 2021. It seems to me that people of all ages and religions have been in the wrong place at the wrong time, whether it be as bystanders shot in Baltimore or Chicago or D.C., or shot at in one of many places in our daily lives. shootings the past decades - including the one that occurred just six days after Atlanta, in Boulder, Colo. Yes, I am an Asian American, but more importantly, I am an American who deeply cares about our country - and hence, I am asking all of us to go beneath the surface of our fractured U.S.
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