9/17/2018 1 Comment We Forget 9/11I purposely waited until about a week after 9/11 to post this blog. I have been blessed to visit the Holocaust and African-American museums in Washington D.C. they past two years. This past year during my visit, the news was riddled with the immigration crisis the U.S. was faced with. The Washington Post front cover had the image of camps with all the detainees living in them. I bought this paper from a corner stand in the park across from both museums. While walking through the Final Solution part of the museum I accidentally bumped into a lady who immediately said, "Don't worry about it and God bless you." The whole room was as somber as any place I can remember. Everyone was polite and I felt as if we all agreed that this was wrong. I vividly remembering waiting on the Uber reading the newspaper outside of landmark. Then it hit me! I am standing on the four corner block and across the street from each other are two museums that both display the power of hate. The Holocaust demonstrated the power of communication and words can literally lead millions of people to death. The African-American museum displayed how the love of money and strength of ideology can force generational slavery. Then I look down at a world-renowned front cover newspaper that shows images looking exactly like Auschwitz. Before I say anymore I want to make clear that the people who passed in 9/11
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