Bruce Rubenstein and Kennard Ray                                                       Photo taken by a Dunkin Donuts patron

Want an explanation for this photo?

See the comments on the “Ban the Box: What does the law say?” article.

 

The abbreviated version: a document was read and misinterpreted, which is easy to do when only minimal information is provided. The person assumed to have done wrong asked to sit down and talk with the person who did the misinterpreting. An understanding was reached and opinions were changed.

 

That should not be an anomaly, but it seems we have a climate where the norm is for people to hold grudges and behave passive-aggressively. There are “community leaders” who, after all, model this exact kind of behavior.

Maybe it does not have to be that way. Maybe we can have grown men show a willingness to apologize and move on.