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.
The film mentions that the killer had been a Marine, I'm assuming in the Army of the Republic of #Vietnam (ARVN), the USA's ally during the civil war there. Would he have been less likely to kill had he received access to mental health services?
Finally, white supremacists have adapted by exchanging white robes & burning crosses with business suits & video production companies, although they continue to carry a lot of guns. Are we going to be smart enough to reject them today?
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