It's March 15th, seven years on from New Zealand's worst terrorist attack, the white supremacist mosque shootings in Christchurch.
Sadly, we seem to be doing absolutely nothing to mark the date, remember or learn. Quite the opposite.
The mere idea of kindness, inclusion and empathy is now scorned by our so-called leaders. Xenophobia, racism and a christofascist minority are loud and rampant, with not a peep from the establishment.
Islamophobia underlies the war that our government has so far been unable to condemn and take distance from. A genocide continues to be livestreamed for the world to see.
I don't think it is a coincidence that a date like today has been allowed to be forgotten.
Please take a moment today to remember. To start doing within yourself, and your community, the work needed to smash this poisonous white supremacist colonial patriarchy. ✊🏽
"They are us", we said at the time.
Are we living up to that ideal?
Edit: I'm glad there are commemorations in Christchurch, it's a bit less bad than I first thought. Glad to be corrected.
Commemorations mark seventh anniversary of Christchurch mosque attacks https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/589639/commemorations-mark-seventh-anniversary-of-christchurch-mosque-attacks