On a beautiful Saturday morning, my husband & I visited the
Our Lady of Guadalupe Fiesta Mercado. Watching the dancers, enjoying the food and
listening to the music, we felt pride in our community, as we gathered with
neighbors to celebrate Santa Barbara's diversity, history, and tradition.
To then
come home, and to view this hate-based shooting in El Paso, allegedly committed
by the racist writer of a white supremacist manifesto, was horrific, stunning,
unimaginable.
The
closeness of our community and celebration of all races that we felt in our own
town at Fiesta stand in stark contrast to this Trump-inspired massacre,
motivated by white nationalism and racial hatred, within our own country.