Racist US attacks are 'epidemic against blackness'
The White House condemns white supremacy following the racially motivated shooting of three black people in Jacksonville, Florida.
US President Joe Biden and his deputy Kamala Harris have strongly condemned the influence of white supremacy in the United States, following confirmation from authorities in Florida that the fatal shooting over the weekend of three black people in the city of Jacksonville, was racially motivated.
The pair made the comments while speaking to a gathering of civil rights leaders to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington led by the trailblazing African-American minister, Martin Luther King Jr.
Police said there was little logic to the white gunman's violent actions but that he clearly "hated black people".
But is dialogue surrounding the issue of white supremacy asking the right questions? Newsday heard the thoughts of Rev Dr Jacqui Lewis, who is Senior Minister at the Middle Collegiate Church in New York.
鈥淲hite supremacy ideologies have become an epidemic. We鈥檝e had decades of [black] accomplishments. But there has been, since about 2016, a backlash among many white Americans. This is a curated, cultivated movement against blackness.鈥�
(Pic: Mayor of Jacksonville Donna Deegan attends prayer vigil in after lethal racist shooting in the Florida city; Credit: Reuters)
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