.KeishaBlain: Biden needs to treat white supremacist terror as the immediate threat it is
," “It is a movement that is at war on our democracy and on these targeted communities in ways that are with us in inescapable ways.”
This war on democracy was on full display when Roof walked into the Emanuel A.M.E church. After sitting with church attendees as they prayed and read from the Bible, Roof announced that he was “here to kill Black people.” Much like the Buffalo shooter, Roof had written a manifesto — filled with white nationalist and white supremacist ramblings that blamed African Americans, Latinos and other people of color for a myriad of societal issues.
Not surprisingly, white supremacist ideas have only increased in circulation since the Charleston massacre, and the organized white power movement has experienced significant growth over the last few years as several political leaders, including former President Donald Trump, escalated white supremacist rhetoric. According to the
, the number of active hate groups in the United States increased in 2015 from 784 to 892 and remained “well above 800 for the duration of the Trump presidency.”
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