Dylann Roof and the white fear of a black takeover

[Iwillnevergiveup]

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-0621-ward-charleston-ame-shooting-20150619-story.html

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"Whether he knows it or not, Dylann Roof inherited a logic and a political legacy that defied statistics, the march of time, and any shred of common humanity. Generations of white supremacists stoked the fear that African Americans, whether a numerical majority or not, could take over a divided, apathetic, and unsuspecting white nation.

The obsession with black domination rendered African Americans simultaneously sub- and superhuman, unable to contribute to American society yet capable of destroying it. The domination myth proved just as contradictory for white supremacists, who simultaneously reveled in their superiority and lamented their political impotence at the hands of minority tyranny."

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[Iwillnevergiveup]

1. This is the best piece

I've seen yet on the S.C. bloodbath, so here's a kick to see if others agree with me.

[struggle4progress]

2. First, the terrifying black hoards started commandeering ships in Africa and forcing the captains

to sail them to America! Then they swarmed over all the cotton plantations in the South, until the whites became virtual hostages, out-numbered by a vast host of black faces! And next they caused a big ugly civil war! After the war, things got even worse: whites couldn't go to the black's schools and couldn't even drink from the black's water fountains when they got thirsty! Now you see them everywhere: in cars, at colleges, on TV! And sometimes they are even so nice you may not want to shoot them! This is scary!