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When white people go on shooting sprees, their actions are frequently attributed to mental illness and, thus, they’re not considered fully accountable for the harm they’ve inflicted. This narrative – which is not afforded to people of color – feeds into the assumption that incidents like what happened at Emanuel AME Church are isolated tragedies executed by lone gunmen. Essentially, it excuses the system that allows racialized terrorism to keep happening.

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Racism IS a mental illness. One so profound it require immediate life-long mandatory institutionalisation when diagnosed in order to protect society.