The Roots

A white dude walked into a Dollar General yesterday in Florida and murdered three Black people. He had a swastika on his rifle and posted multiple manifestos online. But at the press conference, the sheriff said that “there is absolutely no evidence the shooter is part of any larger group.” This does not make any sense to me. His supremacy was not created in a vacuum. It was shaped by a culture. Like Jesus said, a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. This white dude was not just a bad apple. He's one fruit that comes from a tree rooted in white supremacy and anti-Blackness. The only way to become Something Else is to scrutinize the roots - and replace them with love.