Our failure to address the foundational nature of white supremacy here and internationally ensures that the next attack motivated by the “great replacement” is already a foregone conclusion. But none of it will matter if we ignore the racist, dehumanizing and white supremacist belief systems that enable people to embrace “great replacement” conspiracy theories in the first place. There will be calls for better content moderation on social media, for digital literacy tools to reduce vulnerability to propaganda and disinformation, for better investments in prevention and preparedness. In the days to come, we will see a lot of finger-pointing: at the shooter’s parents, at law enforcement, at the social media companies that host and amplify hate and propaganda, and at the pundits and politicians who mainstream it. member of Congress have also recently publicly referred to replacement. A French presidential candidate and a U.S. President Joe Biden called the suspect a 'lone gunman armed with weapons of war and hate. As I described in a recent column, Carlson alludes to that conspiracy when he says Democrats are orchestrating “ demographic replacement” to gain political power. Buffalo police respond to a mass shooting Saturday at a Tops Friendly Market. It has been widely shared and touted by mainstream politicians and by personalities such as Fox News’ Tucker Carlson. Make no mistake: The "great replacement" is not a conspiracy theory that lives only in the dark underbelly of the internet. Violent actors who take up the cause are celebrated in white supremacist extremist circles as heroic martyrs who will inspire others to act - to preserve and defend whiteness against an invasion of immigrants, Muslims or Jews who they claim will eradicate or replace white nationals, Christians, Americans or Europeans. In these calls, mass violence is seen not only as means to an end, but a preferred solution. In online spaces, the conspiracy circulates widely in the form of text-based chats, memes, videos and other propaganda, often using scientific racism - which uses false data on issues like IQ or poverty rates to make eugenicist arguments about racial differences or “population quality” - and dehumanizing anti-immigrant rhetoric to call for a violent defense against a dystopian future. If you have any information that can help police bring justice for Letitia and the other victims, please call or text the Buffalo Police Department's confidential TIPCALL line at 71.Now together under the overarching framework of the “great replacement,” this unifying conspiracy falsely claims there is a global, elitist plot to eradicate white, Christian civilizations that will lead to whites’ extinction or loss of power. Unfortunately, the shooter has not been caught yet. Ten people were killed and another three wounded when a mass shooting erupted at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, that authorities allege was a 'racially motivated hate crime' carried out by a. You can help the Hargrave-Berry family by donating to Leticia's GoFundMe here. However, Leticia's medical insurance will not cover the cost of the 24-hour nursing care she needs. Her doctors are recommending that she goes to a facility that provides vent and tracheostomy care. Leticia is currently in Medical ICU with no possibility of coming home due to being dependent on a ventilator. Her parents, Teresa Berry and Lloyd Hargrave, have started a GoFundMe to help cover life-saving care for their beloved daughter.Īs a result of gun violence, Leticia has suffered a traumatic brain injury, facial fractures, and paralysis on her left side. The 19-year-old had just begun her college studies in August of 2022 after graduating from Western New York Maritime Charter School in June. Leticia Hargrave-Berry, a college student at Canisius, is still in intensive care. While the victims were expected to make a quick recovery initially, one young lady is still fighting for her life.
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