Fort Hood: "It would be a shame if our diversity becames a casualty as well"

(prejudice) x (indifference) = (>prejudice)

Here is a clip from George Casey, Jr. the Army chief of staff on CNN speaking about the Fort Hood tragedy. While I think he is in denial about there not already being prejudice against non-Christians in the army, I was happy to hear him decry targeting minorities because of the apparent mental breakdown of one man.

If the shooter had been a white man from Kentucky who went to a small Baptist church, religion would have almost NOTHING to do with this discussion (outside of comments on if he did or did not attend services). Sadly, because he is not a member of the dominant religion in our simmering melting pot, that is almost all we are talking about.

As I commented on the Huffington Post this morning, the consequence of prejudice against one group is prejudice against another group.