The question is then, in this dark time as at any other: To whom do we direct that empathy? Indeed, the capacity to see and act on others’ needs is a big part of what has allowed humanity to make it this far. It’s just what people do in times of trouble.
Community organizing in the wake of violence, neighbors delivering food to the elderly - some efforts are dramatic, but most aren’t. Yet in the face of truly unprecedented levels and layers of loss, destabilization, and fear, a remarkable number of Americans step up every day, empathy on our sleeves, to help each other survive and heal.
The murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery were horrifying unto themselves, but serve also as an excruciating reminder that Black Americans live with and die from such violence every day. The pandemic continues to rage, only barely controlled within our borders, as protests against systemic anti-Black violence roil the nation.
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