A mother says her autistic son became a “scapegoat in a hurried attempt to calm the firestorm” after he was wrongly accused of yelling a racial slur at a Duke volleyball player.
As a mom, I don’t stand alone with my sadness over the lack of humanity in our society in which my children have to live. My oldest daughter decided life was not worth living and took her own life less than two years ago. In the horrific wake of our loss, my youngest son, who is the most optimistic, enthusiastic, individual I know despite his own personal challenges, was accused by the Duke women’s volleyball team of making racial remarks at the recent BYU/Duke volleyball game in Provo, Utah.
This is a cautionary tale with many hazard signs that we all should pause and reflect on — if not for my son, then for your own children and their children and for the “us” that is our shared humanness. This is a story about racial trauma to Rachel Richardson during that game and all the trauma inflicted on her over a lifetime that led to this moment. It is a story of the collective racial animus that permeates our society as a whole and how that animus informs how we treat each other.
My church continues to struggle with the marginalization of other groups, notably, all those who identify as LGBTQ+, and I am not afraid to say that I am at odds with my church’s position with its policies and doctrines that make it difficult for members of the LGBTQ+ community to fully engage with our church.
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