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The lethal gentleman: the 'benevolent sexism' behind Dylann Roof's racism

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageMourners in Charleston, SC. Brian Snyder/Reuters

Many important things will be said in the next few weeks about the murder of nine people holding a prayer meeting at a historic African American church in Charleston, South Carolina on the evening of June 17.

Here I want to focus on what the suspected killer, Dylann Roof, said right before he gunned...

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