We have long taken ethnic unease into our homes and swaddled it under blankets of mutual loathing.
If we see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil, does that mean that evil does not exist? By and large, some of us delude ourselves that we live in multi-ethnic unity. Others live in denial that there is a problem. It’s a small wonder that so many of us are shocked when hate crimes rock the core of what we say and think we are. Many would condemn rebellious resistances to these hate crimes on the grounds that these protests threaten the foundation of our society.
Certainly, there are the opportunistic who take advantage of legitimate protests to attack innocent bystanders. There must of course be condemnation against these people for they do not stand on the side of justice.