“The chickens have come home to roost.” When Malcolm X said these words to describe President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, he was suggesting the hatred and violence the U.S. cultivated worldwide had returned to plague us.
Sixty-three years later, the chickens are still coming home to roost.
We are living in a nation distinct for its political violence, demonstrated recently during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Once again, the President’s life and those of others attending the event, fell victim to our culture of violence, where political arguments are resolved through bullets rather than ballots.
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