Rhetoric Race and Religion
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 rhetoricraceandreligion@gmail.com.
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
79. Dylann Roof, 4chan, and the New Online Racism
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…
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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