Amy Goodman (DemocracyNow.org); Ashley Wells, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
U.S. President Trump's MAHA chant: "Make America Hate Again"! (AP) |
Prof. Cornel West and Rev.
Traci Blackmon: Clergy in Charlottesville trapped by torch-wielding
Nazis saved by Antifa and anarchists
Democracy Now! holds a roundtable discussion on violence at the white supremacist rally in
Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend as thousands of neo-Nazis, KKK
members, and other white nationalists began descending on the city to
participate in a "Unite the Right" rally.
Thousands of
counter-protesters met in Charlottesville, including clergy, students,
Black Lives Matter activists, and protesters with the anti-fascist
movement known as "Antifa."
Killer Fields shown with white supremacists |
DN! is joined by two clergy members and a
local Black Lives Matter activist who helped organize the counter-demonstration.
Rev. Traci Blackmon is executive minister of Justice and Witness
Ministries of the United Church of Christ.
During a live interview with MSNBC
at the march on Saturday, she was forced to flee as counter-protesters
were attacked around her. Prof. Cornel West was also on site and describes the
scene. Jalane Schmidt, an associate professor of
religious studies at the University of Virginia, also weighs in. More
Rev. Traci Blackmon: Trump administration gives permission to hate
On Saturday, Pres. Trump addressed reporters at his golf resort in
Bedminster, New Jersey, blaming the violence in Charlottesville on "many
sides" rather than racist Christian terrorists.
DN! gets a response from Rev. Traci Blackmon, executive minister of Justice and Witness Ministries of the United Church of Christ.
"What is happening under this current administration is permission to hate," Rev. Blackmon says. More
Rev. Traci Blackmon: Trump administration gives permission to hate
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DN! gets a response from Rev. Traci Blackmon, executive minister of Justice and Witness Ministries of the United Church of Christ.
"What is happening under this current administration is permission to hate," Rev. Blackmon says. More
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