Dara Men

Dara Men, a 16-year-old Asian / Pacific Islander male from Nashville, Tennessee, died in the city he called home, leaving behind a name that surfaces far more often in remembrance than in detailed public retellings. What can be pieced together from publicly accessible material is striking in its restraint: the outline of a loss, the echo of a young life gone, and a community left to carry the weight of questions that don’t come with easy, neatly packaged answers.

The circumstances of Da ...