The double standard goes to the heart of Mr. Trump’s simplistic, racialized worldview, where the criminals are black or brown and the victims are white. The good news for Mr. Trump is that he has the chance now to demonstrate that he is truly concerned about this continuing threat. He could start by scrapping his plan to remove white supremacists from a federal antiterror program’s agenda. (On Monday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions called Saturday’s attack an act of domestic terrorism, but Mr. Trump declined to use the term.) He could speak out even more forcefully and frequently against white supremacists, who have planned at least nine marches around the country for this weekend.

Source: New York Times August 15, 2017 00:33 UTC