President
Donald Trump
The White
House
1600
Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington
D.C. 20500
Dear
President Trump,
Last night,
someone broke into my friend David’s church in Oak Park, Illinois. They painted swastikas and wrote the N word
on the walls of the nursery school room.
Today, David and other members of his congregation cleaned up the racist graffiti, they prayed for the person who created it. Someone dropped off flowers. Someone else brought 200 “Hate has no home here” posters. David’s friends asked him when they will get to meet his new girlfriend. Everyone got ready for the doughnut sale the church has on Saturday mornings. There is a prayer vigil scheduled for the church lawn tomorrow. In short, racism did not win this skirmish, love and forgiveness did. David quoted the verse from the Bible about how the light shines in the darkness and the darkness does not overcome it.
After your failure to condemn the
white supremacist terrorists who attacked in Charlottesville, I wrote you a
letter to tell you what I am sure many people told you, that this is not a
conflict with good people on both sides. Evil actions against people based on their skin
color, culture, or religion, are just that, evil actions.
Hearing about David’s church though,
reminded me of something else you should know.
Dr. King famously said that the arc of the universe is long, and it
bends toward justice. Not only is there
a good side and a bad side to this conflict, Sir, but there is a winning side
and a losing side. The side of good and
justice will triumph.
You are fond of saying that you are a
winner. If you side with white
supremacists and terrorists, you are joining the team that will eventually
lose. Perhaps you should consider that.
Regards,
William
Boerman-Cornell
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