My fellow Americans:
Watch a movie.
Independence Day, the 1994 alien invasion film, can express my feelings regarding the events of today better than anything I could possibly type out.
Independence Day has a much richer meaning behind its summer-action film persona. ID4 (as it was known) shows a World united in the face of a common enemy. In the film, people from all backgrounds, races, religions, and socioeconomic status are thrust together in the wake of a horrific attack (Examples: An African American and a Jewish person fly in a spaceship together to attack the alien "Mothership"; the First Lady receoves help from a stripper; The President and an alcoholic fly fighter jets side-by-side). It's an absolutely ridiculous story in terms of believability. However, the point shouldn't be lost to the story itself.
As a nation, we should unite against those who have attacked us. Not a specific country or race, but against those individuals who executed this horrific act of terrorism. We are all Americans. Don't lump someone who speaks English poorly or has a different color of skin into the group that is to blame for the attacks in New York and DC. Most of us are descendants of immigrants into this country. Immigrants who, likely, didn't speak English when they arrived here and had a different color of skin themselves.
Take care of yourselves and each other. I haven't spoken with anyone today that isn't affected by what has transpired.
-John Gallucci
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