The uncle of bombing suspects extraordinary message about collective responsibility (VIDEO). - Slate Magazine

From the moment we heard of an explosion at the Boston Marathon, the talk on television, Twitter, and in everyday conversations has been about which category the killers belonged to. Muslims? White supremacists? Arabs? Dark-skinned? Even in the hours since we learned the suspects’ names, it’s been all about nationality and ethnicity: Chechnya, Dagestan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia. 

Then, shortly after 11:30 this morning, Ruslan Tsarni, an uncle of the two suspects, stepped out of his house in Maryland and delivered an extraordinary message about character, shame, and collective responsibility. If you haven’t seen the video, watch it below. And keep the memory of it with you in the days to come.

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Uncle Ruslan Tsarni: The uncle of bombing suspects Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s extraordinary message about collective responsibility (VIDEO). - Slate Magazine: