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Join on Telegram Rabat – The internet community is sharing a mixture of feelings to denounce the racial discrimination ongoing in the US and across the world following the Buffalo mass shooting.
Saturday was marked by a racist shooting that claimed the lives of 10, while at least three people were left injured.
The shooter was identified as an 18-year-old man; he had fired his gun at 13 people, including 11 people of color.
The shooting took place at the Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo.
And the crime sparked outrage, bringing back debates about perceived systemic inaction when it comes to to tackling racial discrimination as well as security services’ questionable approaches to dealing with suspects depending on their color, race, and background.
Many netizens in the US and elsewhere have condemned strongly the mass shooting and expressed concerns regarding racial discrimination.
“You didn’t have to tell me that the Buffalo shooter was white. I figured that out for myself when you said he was taken alive,” one Twitter user said.
The tweet generated thousands of likes and retweets from people who expressed agreement with the commenter’s take on systemic racial discrimination in the US.
Lawyer Tristan Snell tweeted that the Buffalo shooter’s manifesto “focuses on White birth rates.”
American author Rick Wilson agreed, arguing: “The Buffalo killer’s manifesto reads like a job application for a junior producer on Tucker Carlson. And no, I’m not being flippant.”
Washington Post columnist Michele Norris denounced the media’s coverage of the shooting, saying: “If you are thinking about using the phrase ‘racially-charged’ in a headline or news report today — stop. Hit delete. Start over and make it plain. The shooter in Buffalo called himself a racist in his manifesto so you can too.”
Several reports have in recent years emphasized the continued prevalence of racial discrimination in the US.
A 2021 report from Pew Research shows that the majority of Americans “see at least some discrimination” not only against people of color but also Hispanic and Asian people.
Around 46% of Americans believe there is a “lot of discrimination against black people. About three-in-ten see a lot of discrimination against Hispanic people (30%) and Asian people (27%),” the report found.
It further indicated that the majority of white, Hispanic, and Asian American people would see that people of color might face “at least some discrimination.”
However, the report concluded, that people of color in the US are “far more likely to say that Black people face a lot of discrimination. Eight-in-ten Black adults say this, as do 54% of Hispanic adults, half of the Asian adults, and 38% of White adults.”
