An effort in the nation’s capital to rally faith and community leaders in solidarity against anti-Black racism also served as a lesson about racist views held by some in society for a brief yet disturbing moment.
As Rev. Jim Pot of the Knox Presbyterian Church in Ottawa started to speak during a June 9 online Zoom meeting organized by Ottawa’s Capital Region Interfaith Council, he was interrupted for about a minute by hackers making racist comments targeting black and Jewish people.
“This is why we are here tonight,” Pot said after he was able to start speaking again during the online meeting that was called “to express our outrage at the brutal murder of George Floyd and our unswerving solidarity and unity in heart with our Black community.”
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