Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #SeadriftTX
Most recents (1)
I hope people watch @seadriftfilm while it is available for streaming on @PBS through June 2 pbs.org/video/seadrift…. #documentary In that time, #whitesupremacists in the form of robed Klansmen tried to exploit the killing of white fisherman by a Vietnamese refugee. Some threats
& retaliation ensued, but cooler heads prevailed & white people in #SeadriftTX rejected the Klan, knowing that creating more pain wouldn't heal the pain people had already suffered. The daughter of the victim, when asked if she wished the Vietnamese refugees had never been
resettled in #USA, thoughtfully responds. But you have to watch, I won't spoil that! Another white resident of the town laments how proactive peacemaking & community-building had not been done, which resulted in an escalation of tensions.
