Harm

The Hoosier Anti-Racism Movement (or HARM) had been handing out literature all over the town letting everyone know of the “bigot’s” arrival.  The local law enforcement and media were respectively armed to address what was certain to unfold.

Apparently, everyone knew he was coming except us.

From a city 30 miles away, a white-supremacist and Ku Klux Klan member had announced to his compatriots that he would be coming to our city to protest the gays and the lesbians and the minorities and to champion the white race.

On this Saturday morning in spring, I was walking past our downtown courthouse with my wife now VERY 8 months pregnant.  As we strolled, we talked about our plans for our lives and our future: did we still want to name our daughter that?  How in the world am I going to finish my paper on “Jesus Christ Liberator” when our baby arrives ?  What in the world are we going to do when she gets here?