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The power of forgiveness to disarm
Christa Case Bryant
Editor
Today’s editorial highlights the extraordinary forgiveness by a Mexican American whose brother was killed by an anti-immigrant white man in 2019. After the man pleaded guilty to a mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, Yolanda Tinajero chose to show him that his “ugly thoughts” about immigrants were ill-founded – by literally embracing him, in the courtroom. That’s a powerful example of loving one’s neighbor.
