petty shocked at what happened to be honest... first with the whole idea of the march and then the aftermath of the attack.
American has always had this undercurrent with issues of race, the election of Obama exacerbated it and Trump fomented it... America needs a statesman to bring American together in this time of chaos, someone that can dial down the rhetoric...
Obama had an incredible speech in Philadelphia, where he spoke quite openly on race...Following the publication of sermons put out by his former pastor, Rev. Wright, who used inflammatory remarks towards White America. If you haven't watched it you should...It speaks of the complexity of America's racial divide while condemning those that seek to divide while also understanding that it is coming from a place that can't simply be reversed nor ignored.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrp-v2tHaDo
Trump needs to be the President for all Americans... unfortunately, he's shown no ability, to this point, to create unity through offering an outstretched hand...
Lincoln spoke eloquently following the Civil War, a war that so divisive that it divided the US, in an effort to put aside differences.
“We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.”
So it is not only possible, it is urgently required...