Consider seeds of violence, says AFSC

‘Violence inherently devalues people and prevents trust-building efforts among communities.’

by Rebecca Hardy 29th January 2021

The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) has called on the US to examine seeds of violence there, following the events leading up to Joe Biden’s inauguration when white supremacists and Donald Trump supporters broke into the US Capitol building to stop Congress from certifying the results of the presidential election. ‘While we grapple with the legacy and current fruits of white supremacist thinking, we must also address the ways in which our culture affirms and perpetuates violence’, AFSC says in a blog post on its website. ‘Violence inherently devalues people and prevents trust-building efforts among communities.’