{"id":83,"date":"2017-10-31T14:36:22","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T20:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/?p=83"},"modified":"2017-10-31T16:46:54","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T22:46:54","slug":"personal-reflection-researching-alt-right-katrina-buchanan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/personal-reflection-researching-alt-right-katrina-buchanan\/","title":{"rendered":"A Personal Reflection on Researching the Alt-Right by Katrina Buchanan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Bio: Katrina Buchanan, a native of Erie, PA, and a graduate of Robert Morris University in\u00a0 Pittsburgh, PA, is the current Lutheran Volunteer Corps volunteer serving in Chicago, IL, as the ELCA\u2019s Justice for Women program assistant.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

On August 15, 2017, the ELCA\u00a0released a statement<\/a> confirming its commitment to confronting racism and anti-Semitism in response to the events that took place in Charlottesville, VA, during the \u201calt-right\u201d rally. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Shortly after the release of the ELCA\u2019s statement, Justice for Women program<\/a> director Dr. Mary Streufert asked me to take it a step further by putting together a report<\/a> on the rampant sexism that the alt-right espouses, especially found in the comments made about Heather Heyer in the wake of her murder. I knew this is what I wanted to do for my service year with the <\/span>Lutheran Volunteer Corps<\/a> (LVC), but I wasn\u2019t prepared for how emotionally taxing the task would be. <\/span><\/p>\n

Although I tried to stay objective and detached, it was impossible as I read through hundreds of ad hominem attacks on Heyer and those who sought to protect mourners at her funeral. I scoured social media, various news sites, and the websites of the groups in the alt-right to try to get a better idea of what the alt-right is, why it exists, and why it\u2019s dangerous on multiple levels. My disgust deepened as I researched background information about the various organizations and groups, women\u2019s roles in the movement, and how these groups view and treat women. <\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve struggled with how I\u2019ve wanted to write this personal reflection on researching that report. As I wrote my report, I grappled with feelings of incredulity, hatred, despair, anger, and sadness. I understood why, but still couldn\u2019t accept that such things could not only exist, but also flourish. More than two months later, I still haven\u2019t found peace in this struggle, but I think that\u2019s the point. As we say in LVC, I have to do the internal work so that I can do the external work. <\/span><\/p>\n

There isn\u2019t an easy answer to this question of how to create unity where hatred, prejudice, and intolerance is so deeply ingrained. As I flounder to find the words that I need, the words of the prayer of Saint Francis come to me instead, which is how I will leave you: <\/span><\/p>\n

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace:<\/span><\/p>\n

where there is hatred, let me sow love;<\/span><\/p>\n

where there is injury, pardon;<\/span><\/p>\n

where there is doubt, faith;<\/span><\/p>\n

where there is despair, hope;<\/span><\/p>\n

where there is darkness, light;<\/span><\/p>\n

where there is sadness, joy. <\/span><\/p>\n

O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek<\/span><\/p>\n

to be consoled as to console,<\/span><\/p>\n

to be understood as to understand,<\/span><\/p>\n

to be loved as to love.<\/span><\/p>\n

For it is in giving that we receive, <\/span><\/p>\n

it is in pardoning that we are pardoned, <\/span><\/p>\n

and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.<\/span><\/p>\n

Amen. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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