Out of hiding
We stand as allies of the two brave women who have courageously gone public about a racist attack they experienced last Thursday on the Corner. They have shown admirable courage both in making their trauma public and in openly admitting the costs of having felt the sting of the racial slurs that a drunk white male inflicted on them. By making their trauma public, they give us a chance to stand with them and offer our support. We acknowledge that the doubts, anxieties and pain they feel are real, and we stand with them in that trauma for it is our collective truth. These are wounds that we know are suffered every day in silence by many others, so we particularly thank them for giving public voice to something that the dominant culture would have dismissed and ignored. By going public, these two courageous women make it possible for us all to do something other than what is expected.