Individual action

Big props (or whatever it is the correct expression is - sorry, we don't do accents as well as we used to) to the folk at Sepia Mutiny for this:

I thought I'd take a moment to lay out for our readers how individual action in the context of a community CAN help change the status quo, particularly when it comes to political power and representation in the U.S. Here is step-by-step look at the BIG PICTURE.

(Background: An American Senator directs a racials slur against a young American desi.)