There is little I can manage beyond my words, but as they are my only real means of doing anything right now I will use them, however poor a substitute they are for friends at the door.
I am a lifelong resident of Massachusetts.
I have never been to South Carolina.
I am a Caucasian Jewish man.
I have only gone to churches for friends' weddings.
I don't believe I have ever been to an African church.
Inasmuch as my background matters because of how it defines me, and for all that it really doesn't matter at all when it comes to being human, my heart goes out to Charleston. I hope your space and your families will be whole again.
I am a Caucasian Jewish man from Massachusetts, and I stand in brotherhood with the Emanuel AME Church.