THE CRUX OF IT: Traditional patterns of violence and accusation resurface.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the same crime that got Emmett Till brutally tortured / murdered in 1955.

 

This is the same premeditation the a like-minded criminal named Roof exhibited when he walked into a black church in South Carolina.

A prominent neo-Nazi Andrew Anglin commented on the killing:

“Though we should acknowledge the tragedy of what Jackson did, the most important thing for us to remember is that he does not represent White Supremacy. White Supremacy is a religion of peace, and the overwhelming majority of White Supremacists are peaceful members of society who do not agree with stabbing random black people with swords.

“The attack has nothing at all to do with the religion of White Supremacy, and white supremacists are under no obligation to apologize for this attack.

In fact, White Supremacists are now going to be subject to unfair scrutiny and prejudice in light of this attack. There is a threat now that people with swastika tattoos, Screwdriver t-shirts, shaved heads or other cultural symbols of White Supremacy will be unfairly discriminated against after this attack.”

Anglin also worries white supremacists will be forced to cover-up their swastika tattoos, or risk being victimized by “bigots who would wrongly associate them with this attack.”

He adds:

This is the opinion and mindset of someone that dismisses horrendous crimes and only sees how is affects self-interests.

 

 

Have we actually advanced significantly in terms of relations or not?

Has the current political and social atmosphere emboldened those that were previously held in check?

Is progress simply fleeting?