CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — After nine black parishioners were slain at a Charleston church, South Carolina did what many thought would never happen: It moved the Confederate flag off Statehouse grounds.
The June 2015 massacre resonated across the country as streets, parks and even lakes were stripped of the names of Confederates.
But for the most part, Charleston and other areas of the South remain unchanged.
Charleston’s Confederate commemorations remain intact — and longstanding racial issues endure.
A white man who police said hated blacks and posted photos of himself with the Confederate flag is charged with the killings.
Dot Scott is president of the NAACP’s Charleston branch. Scott said many people reacted strongly to the shootings, but the question remains of how attitudes and actions will change in the long-term.
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The same headline will almost certainly be applicable in Orlando in 1 year’s time. Much is the same. The gun and fear saturated Republicans, Con&Bagger howler monkeys will retreat further into their bunkers and nothing will be done.
And the Trump droolers and gun humpers will whisper: “At least they’re killing all the right people.” Harsh assessment? No! Just remember how the Reagan administration and its devotees on the Right reacted to the Aids crisis and the victims there.
The good people of Charleston who lost family members will take no comfort in knowing that the shooter may receive the death sentence. In Orlando the shooter’s already dead, so however it is that closure is found it won’t be done in either city…
Hate is the common denominator between this story and what happened in Orlando.
If we’re going to think of ourselves as “a great people”, this needs to stop.
Slight edit. Baby steps and all that.
What a short, kind of useless article. I was getting ready to read something interesting. Booo.