How to Prevent a Genocide in America

How Rwanda’s monthly ritual of reconciliation changed my life as a privileged American

Victims of hate that never asked to be heroes or martyrs — photo taken by the author

Our journey to Rwanda began five years ago in Salt Lake City while Marisa, my wife, was teaching a private French lesson to a friend.

They were working on the conditional tense. Marisa had prepared a number of hypothetical questions…