Although it's superficial, they offer acceptance. These young people become pawns in the hands of angry men. I believe that hate crimes are designed to either break your spirit or incite some type of violent response. Spiritually, we proposed to look beyond, or look above what that crime was designed to do. We reached inside ourselves and found that love is always bigger than hate.
Forgiveness is bigger than vengeance.
So in a situation like that, you reach for the bigger things in order to be able to overcome. We've had much dialogue so far, but there's still a lot that is needed. First of all, we must admit that racism exists. When the Klan came to Clarendon County, it took several months for the community to admit that this had gone on. Everything was swept aside.