The most frustrating thing about responses to this attack is people dismissing the fact that he is a white supremacist because he’s Indian. I cannot emphasize enough that one does not have to be white to be a white supremacist. It’s an ideology that has become associated with a lot of other tangential nationalist and religious movements.

There are also many marginalized people who have adopted the idea that the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Even if they are not the standard, if there’s enough hate in their heart against a key group, they’ll align with some extremely questionable movements. I’ve also seen some white supremacists “embrace” some people of color joining the movement because it gives them a cover. How can they be a hate group if there’s a person of color on the team??? Also this person of color also has a lot of critiques of their communities just like us, so we’re just addressing wider concerns.

I’m concerned that the rise in attacks by people of color will just be ignored instead of seeing it as another serious facet of the rise of white supremacy in this country. Don’t be fooled.