Demonizing and judging one another can’t survive the plentitude of community. With this beloved community, we cease to create a world that, unwittingly, makes life so tough on one another. What kinship always seeks to underscore is that separation is an illusion. However, we know that that doesn’t just happen overnight. Rivals who work at Homeboy settle for solidarity before they arrive at kinship. One says to another: “I know we’re not friends, but let’s not be enemies.” It’s a good start, holding out for an even better ending.
