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The Danger of Miseducation

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In 2015, Dylann Roof murdered nine Black congregants at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, in Charleston, South Carolina. Roof has never expressed remorse for the murders. He remains on death row in Terre Haute Federal Prison in Indiana.

Our nation asked the question then and now…why?

Here is an explanation from Ethan Kytle and Blain Roberts, the authors of Denmark Vesey’s Garden:

“Americans soon learned Roof’s flawed understanding of slavery, among other factors, fueled his racial hatred and attack. In his online manifesto, Roof claimed that ‘historical lies, exaggerations, and myths’ about how poorly African Americans had been treated under slavery are today being used to justify a black takeover of the United States.”

This is the radicalizing effect of misremembering history. Of disinformation. The terror and hate and death dealt by a young man turned conspiracy theorist turned white supremacist turned murderer.

Read the entire article here:

https://jesspiper.substack.com/p/the-danger-of-miseducation

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