Brothers in White Resentment. What gave us Donald Trump is what gave us Dylann Roof.
By Jamelle Bouie
On June 16, 2015, Donald Trump took the stage at his eponymous tower in New York City and announced his bid for the White House.
His message was clear. The U.S. has become a dumping ground for everyone else's problems, Trump said.
A day later, in South Carolina, 21-year-old Dylann Roof walked into Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, where members were holding Bible study. Using a .45-caliber Glock handgun and eight magazines of ammunition, Roof shot and killed nine people, including the pastor, the Rev. Clementa Pinckney, who was also a state senator. Before he arrived at the church, Roof posted a manifesto on his website,
a racist tirade that expressed his motives. His message was also clear. Integration has done nothing but bring Whites down to level of brute animals, wrote Roof.
Indeed, when read together, Trumps announcement and Roofs manifesto offer a duet in racial grievance.
When Mexico sends its people, Trump said, theyre not sending their best. Theyre not sending you. Theyre not sending you. Theyre sending people that have lots of problems, and theyre bringing those problems with us. Theyre bringing drugs. Theyre bringing crime. Theyre rapists. And some, I assume, are good people."
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