In 2015, nine Black parishioners were murdered during a Bible study at Emanuel AME Church—the oldest Black church in the South.
Among them was pastor and Democratic state senator Clementa C. Pinckney.
The killer was a 21-year-old white supremacist.
This is how President Obama responded.
In moments like this, presidents can choose to calm the nation and offer grace... or to inflame divisions and pit Americans against one another.
Don’t let leaders use tragedy to divide us. Don't let them attribute the evil actions of an individual to the entire group.
Not only is that collectivism, it's a tool of manipulation and control.
Reject it.