Where is all the hate?

Tonight I witnessed something that I felt was pretty amazing and is a step in the right direction for prisoners who want to change their ways. As you may know, I’m in prison, in a Substance Abuse Program where the inmates involved are trying to change their lives. And one of the things we are trying not to partake in is all the racial politics and hatred that is part of prison living.
The circumstance that brought about this breakthrough was very sad, but the unity was awesome. An Asian inmate here just found out that in three days, his grandfather will be taken off of life support. That’s the sad part. But tonight, at 9:15 PM, all 89 other inmates, including myself, joined in prayer for our fellow inmate’s grandfather. So now picture this… 90 guys who are different races, not all ordinarily religious, joined hands in a circle and all heads bowed. The brotherhood that I felt was great. And so extremely foreign to prison life, or anything that I have ever seen or ever thought I would experience in prison. Afterwards seeing some of these guys with tears in their eyes. It was pretty cool unity.
Where was all the hate???