A Most American Terrorist: The Making Of Dylann Roof- "'What are you?' a member of the Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston asked at the trial of the white man who killed eight of her fellow black parishioners and their pastor. 'What kind of subhuman miscreant could commit such evil?'"
[OP] trifletruffles | 5 hours ago
Article can also be found on Pulitzer Prize website link below. Click the plus (+) sign next to article name.
https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/rachel-kaadzi-ghansah-freelance-reporter-gq
2018 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Feature Writing
Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, freelance reporter, GQ
For an unforgettable portrait of murderer Dylann Roof, using a unique and powerful mix of reportage, first-person reflection and analysis of the historical and cultural forces behind his killing of nine people inside Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C.
Snoo_33033 | 4 hours ago
This is great and important writing. However, I think like everyone else the author has failed to crack the mystery.
I as a southerner (though not one from roof’s background) think the mystery isn’t one, but we just don’t want to recognize and accept the reality. And that is that Roof comes from a culture that has normalized racism. He took it to an extreme level with his murder and his refusal to soften in any way or to participate in any explanatory activities. But he’s part of an ecosystem. In which he could essentially walk up to the line of violence as much as he wanted for any reason he wanted and suffer no consequences. From there it was a short trip to being able to murder 9 innocent people.
And side note, but this is the kind of person for whom the death penalty was made.
grimepixie | 3 hours ago
I remember reading and being thoroughly fascinated by this article when it was released. As a young 21 year old Australian woman, I didn’t know anything about this part of the world. I went back to this article quite a few times. The portraits of his mother and girlfriend were really interesting to me. May the victims rest in peace.