Return of the Few

Remember that evil has never made its way into mainstream life as evil. Its masters work very hard in ensuring it comes clothed with the innocence of lambs. They'll call themselves nationalists, not supremacists; alt-right, not extremists; movement, not terrorists.

Too many good people would rather believe that the shocking darkness that humans have wrought upon each other- holocaust, slavery, genocides... will never happen again. Forget that the daily shredding of flesh is a reality in some parts of the world where bombs and bullets are the norm. But that's too far removed from the ordinary American reality.

Yet what is slowly becoming the norm in this exclusive American world is little "innocent" incidents of the same chilling darkness we assume can never happen again: a black student put in a noose, swastikas and hate-filled insults splashed across schools and churches, whites-only signs cropping up... Some people swat it off and think it all too inconsequential.

Often, I too hide behind the false comfort that American institutions are too strong and balanced to allow a few people to plunge the country into that unimaginable place. False because those few people are now celebrating their mainstreaming, with presidential support, and those same balanced institutions can now easily be run by the forces of our greatest terror.

The only thing that will make this "the few" not go mainstream and become a darkness too great to bear is if you and I care enough to call it what it is and shut it down with all the weapons at our disposal when we see or experience it. Roland Martin used his weapon, you can too.