Op-ed: Solidarity and education are the keys to fighting hate
As I witnessed what happened on campus last month, I had one overriding thought: we have seen this before. We have seen torch-bearing, swastika-clad demonstrators in Charlottesville this past August. We have seen ugly, crass racial slurs on AU’s campus earlier this year, and we have seen an unrelenting barrage of violent acts and words on the national stage over the last few years. Rather than appreciating that the United States is special because of its diversity and freedom, the purveyors of hate speech and violence hope to divide our country further. But we have seen this before, so, with the right approach, we can frustrate their aims.