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#CharlestonShooting: A Reader

#CharlestonShooting: A Reader

Last updated on: July 23, 2015 at 4:48 pm by Andre E. Johnson

#CharlestonShooting: A Reader 2015-07-23T16:48:55-05:00 Andre E. Johnson

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On Wednesday evening, June 17, Dylan Roof attended a Bible Study service at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. After studying with members of the congregation for about an hour, he promptly got up and started shooting. Before he left, nine people, including the pastor, South Carolina State Senator, Clementa Pickney were dead. Here at R3, we thought we would collect some of the opinions, reflections and essays about this act of American terrorism. If you see one that needs to be on our list, please share it with us on Facebook or Twitter. If you would like to submit your own piece, just email it to us at [email protected].

1.#CharlestonShooting: Why I Want Us to Stop Praying for a While

2.#CharlestonShooting: Being a Neighbor in the Midst of Terror

3.#CharlestonShooting: The Hypocrisy of U.S. Christianity

4.#CharlestonShooting: Dylann Roof and the Manifestation of Evil

5.#CharlestonShooting: “The Fumes Are Making Folks Sick”

6.#CharlestonShooting: Choose This Day Who You Will Serve

7.#CharlestonShooting: Reflections-Part 1

8.Charleston’s tragedy is not a surprise

9. No Sanctuary in Charleston

10. Racism Is Not A Mental Illness

11.“Allies,” the Time For Your Silence Has Expired

12. Reconstructing the American Tradition of Domestic Terrorism

13. Many Ask, Why Not Call Church Shooting Terrorism?

14. Charleston Shooting: Speaking the Unspeakable, Thinking the Unthinkable

15. Only white people can save themselves from racism and white supremacism

16. Our Heritage is Hate (Racism is a White Problem)

17. Every White Person is Aiding and Abetting Terrorism Unless Naming Institutional and Cultural White Supremacy in #Charleston

18. White Terrorism Is as Old as America

19. A Call for a National Lament

20. We Need To Talk About White Culture

21. God will sustain Emanuel AME congregation

22. Why we shouldn’t call Dylann Roof a terrorist

23. Charleston and the Age of Obama

24. White Christian Allies, Talk About Race From Your Pulpits

25. First, There is Racism

26. Accountability, Not Forgiveness in Charleston

27. BUILT to Burn: White Supremacy, Self-Immolation, and Dylann Roof

28. TO PRAY OR TO PREY: RACISM, RELIGION AND VIOLENCE IN CHARLESTON

29. Reconstructing the American Tradition of Domestic Terrorism

30. How Will the Massacre at Emanuel AME Affect White Churches?

31. “IN CHURCH?… YES, IN CHURCH!”

32. Charleston: Home Grown Terrorism

33. From Ferguson to Charleston and Beyond, Anguish About Race Keeps Building

34. Why Republicans were quick to cite religion — but not racism — on Charleston

35. ‘The Condition of Black Life Is One of Mourning’

36. How Long… Too Long: The Tragic Events at Mother Emanuel AME Church

37. Dylann Roof’s racist manifesto: A funhouse mirror reflection of right-wing American politics

38. Those Two Other Flags

39. The problem with forgiving Dylann Roof

40. Dispatch From Charleston: The Cost Of White Comfort

41. Why It Matters That the Charleston Attack Was Terrorism

42. Inside the White Supremacist Group that Influenced Charleston Shooting Suspect

43. From Columbine to Charleston: Will America Ever Learn?

44. Charleston Shooting Comes From Deeply Rooted Racism & Injustice

45. There’s deep irony in removing the Confederate flag using the rhetoric of states’ rights

46. The Women We Lost in Charleston

47. In Charleston, a Millennial Race Terrorist

48. Outrage Is Insufficient

49. Committed to Lies

50. The Confederate Flag Flap Is a Distraction From Tough Issues of Racism

51. White supremacist calls Charleston ‘a preview of coming attractions’

52. In Charleston, We Saw Christianity at its Best

53. Why America needs to reject the Charleston massacre’s dangerous narrative of forgiveness

54. White Reverend Refuses To Offer ‘Cheap Grace For White America’ Following Charleston Shooting

55. Charleston’s Emanuel AME Church: A legacy of heroes and martyrs

56. Why I Can’t Forgive Dylann Roof

57. The public was quick to forgive Dylann Roof — so why can’t we do the same with Dzhokhar Tsarnaev?

58. The Historical Roots of Dylann Roof’s Racism

59. Dylann Roof’s Defense of White Rule in Africa Has Roots in American Conservatism

60. YES, IT WAS AN ATTACK ON CHRISTIANITY

61. Charleston’s Battle Against White Supremacy Has Only Just Begun

62. Justice After Charleston

63. The Charleston Shooter: Racist, Violent, and Yes – Political

64. Charleston Church Shooting Was Terrorism

65. Denmark Vesey And The History Of Charleston’s Emanuel AME Church

66. Why White Terrorists Attack Black Churches

67. A Violent Act in the Name of White Supremacy: The Charleston Shooting

68. DYLANN ROOF WAS WRONG: THE RACE WAR ISN’T COMING, IT’S HERE

69. Forgiveness and Theological Doubletalk

70. Charleston’s Emanuel AME: A Catalyst for Change?

71. Charleston’s Black Leaders Want To See Justice As Much As Forgiveness

72. White support for the Confederate flag really is about racism, not Southern heritage

73. What Charleston Knows

74. Dylann Roof and a Culture that Turns the Truth on Its Head

75. WHEN YOU CLAIM RACISM IS OVER, YOU GET A DYLANN ROOF

76. White Anxiety: Rachel Dolezal, Dylann Roof and the Future of Race in America

77. Dylann the Menace: pinpointing blame for Charleston massacre

78. Is America Possible?

79. Dylann Roof, 4chan, and the New Online Racism

80. Terrorism in Charleston

81. In Dylann Roof, a silently brewing fury that burst out in a violent way

82. ‘Our faith will not be stolen’

83. Forgiveness: A gentle yet powerful weapon

84. A Struggle without Borders: Charleston a Uniter or Divider?

85. The Race Factor in the Charleston Killings You Haven’t Heard

86. South Carolina, I am Not So Forgiving…

87. A THEOLOGY OF ANGER: FORGIVENESS FOR WHITE SUPREMACY DERAILS ACTION AND ALIENATES YOUNG BLACK ACTIVISTS

88. Racial progress post-Charleston will go only as far as GOP’s reactionary base will allow

89. Black Bodies, White Terrorism: A Global Reimagining of Forgiveness

90. Who should be worthy of forgiveness?

91. Describing Violence: The Charleston Shootings and the Label of Terrorism

92. MEET THE MUSLIM WOMAN WHO’S HELPING TO REBUILD BURNED BLACK CHURCHES

93. Why I founded #CharlestonSyllabus after the Charleston shooting

94. Symbols of Hatred, Not Heritage

95. After Charleston, Here’s What Obama Can Do to Curb Gun Violence

96. The Charleston Imperative: Why Feminism and Antiracism Must Be Linked

97. Why Dylann Roof’s Racism Will Only be Nurtured in Prison

98. Ambassadors of Reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5:11-21): The Massacre of the Beloved in Charleston, SC

99. “Lord, How Long?” (Habakkuk 1:2): Praying Through Grief While Confronting a Hate Crime

100. A Tale of Two Tragedies: Charleston, Chattanooga and the Acceptable Face of Terror

101. How Dylann Roof got his gun

102. Charleston is a microcosm of how the history of slavery intertwines with the history of America.

103. Symbolic gestures aren’t enough for racial harmony

104. ADVICE FOR NON-BLACK CLERGY SEEKING TO DISMANTLE WHITE SUPREMACY

105. Grieving Gov. Nikki Haley forever changed by church massacre

106. Believers, Rampages and the Church in Charleston

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