Why White Supremacists Identify With Rhodesia

a historically black church in Charleston as Dylann Roof, news outlets, including Slate, were quick to point out that Roof's Facebook profile photo features him wearing two emblems of white supremacy: the Rhodesian flag and the flag of Apartheid

The Rhodesian and Apartheid South Africa solidarity from the US goes back to the rise of the new right in the late 70s and in particular the rise of Reagan and the onset of the 'second' or new Cold War in the 1980s. Apartheid 

For Roof to latch onto Rhodesia and South Africa as role models to justify his senseless murder of innocent people is as misguided as it is disgusting.

For Roof to latch onto Rhodesia and South Africa as role models to justify his senseless murder of innocent people is as misguided as it is disgusting.

For Roof to latch onto Rhodesia and South Africa as role models to justify his senseless murder of innocent people is as misguided as it is disgusting.