More than 60% of victims of racial hatred crimes in the United States are African Americans! African American Anger: After Tragedy, We Can Only Get "Missing and Prayer"
On August 31st, local time, a shooting incident occurred in Jacksonville, Florida, USA, resulting in the killing of three African Americans. Gunner Ryan Palmit subsequently committed suicide.
According to a recent report by NBC News, this incident has stirred up painful memories among residents of Buffalo, New York, about last year's massive shooting in Buffalo, causing them to once again feel the same grief and frustration.
Jacksonville police stated that the shooter in this shooting was a 21-year-old white man who "hates black people" and left behind a suicide note filled with white supremacist rhetoric. A federal criminal complaint shows that the 18-year-old Buffalo shooter who killed 10 black people also planned the attack "for the future of white people.".
Aaron Sault, the brother of Kassel Durham, was one of the victims of the Buffalo shooting. After learning about the Jacksonville shooting incident, Durham's heart was once again shaken. She said that it was not until the shooting incident affected her family that she truly felt the harm of gun violence.
Durham also emphasized that racism has always existed and is still prevalent in the United States, and the unjustified act of being shot is simply due to our skin color.
The report states that the above two cases are not isolated. In fact, gun violence and hate crimes have always been rampant throughout the United States, never stopping. In 2015, a white gunman walked into a church in Charleston, South Carolina, shot and killed nine African Americans, and wrote a racist manifesto online.
The increasing prevalence of white supremacy in the United States is due to its own upbringing.
According to the Public Integrity Center, a non-profit news research organization in the United States, since 1995, African American victims have accounted for 66% of all racial hatred crimes in the country.
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Buffalo residents believe that the Jacksonville shooting reflects the systemic oppression faced by African Americans in the United States. "In the United States, no other group often faces this kind of public persecution," said Dakalai Singertry, a member of the non-profit organization "Save Your Community". "After every tragedy, we only receive thoughts and prayers. This is very frustrating."
He also criticized, "We must lose 10 African Americans in order to attract public attention, not just to the tragic location. It's truly heartbreaking."
Buffalo residents stated that the structural inequality in the area has never disappeared. The impact of racial violence is thought-provoking, causing all African Americans in the United States to ponder: "When will racial violence cease?"
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