Hermeticism and Social Justice
Protesters marching on November 15, 2015 after the shooting of Jamar Clark by Minneapolis Police. Image credit: Fibonacci Blue on Flickr . I live in the Minneapolis 4th Precinct, where for the last two weeks protesters have been marching in the streets and camping out to protest the fatal shooting of yet another unarmed black man by police. Only two days prior to the death of Jamar Clark, bombs went off in Paris, killing 130 people. Government officials are raising hysteria about Syrian refugees and fostering xenophobia by warning of terrorists in disguise--never mind that the vetting process for Syrian refugees is intensely rigorous . These events are only the latest in a long list of such occurrences, many of which don't even make the news because they do not directly affect white Americans. Racial, ethnic, religious, and economic tension are running high across the world. And especially here in Minneapolis, I've seen the same sentiments echoed multiple ...