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Victim's dad warns Dylann Roof: 'Your creator ... he's coming for you'

Khushbu Shah-Eliott McLaughlin - http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/11/us/dylann-roof-sentencing/

13th (documentary) | Trump's speech (good old days)

javadmoradpour - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ogdgddvqG4&t=6s

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Line 1: I am an African American men

Line 2: I'm a hard working men

Line 3: I have an 11 yr old boy named ben

Line 4: I work everyday to give him all he needs

Line 5: coming home from work one day finding Ben crying

Line 6: what happened?

Line 7: Dad the girl I love doesn't want me for being black

Line 8: The feeling of being rejected for out skin color

Line 9: I don't get why tho

Line 10: Waking up every morning

Line 11: making sure my son gets to school

Line 12: walking to school everyday of the week at 7am

Line 13: Entering school Ben goes up to the girl that rejected

Line 14: Their Latinos for sure

Line 15: Vanessa's mom pushes her away from Ben and walks away

Line 16: Ben comes back to me crying

Line 17: See what I mean dad she doesn't want me because I'm black

Line 18: I noticed that Ben

Line 19: I never understood what does our skin color mean to them

Line 20: they have something towards us for sure because Vanessa's mom didn't trip when another boy came up to her

Line 21: There needs to be a change in this

Line 22: being rejected and judged for our skin color feels like rats getting killed

Line 23: waking up the next day

Line 24: asking myself

Line 25: are we bad people?

Line 26: does our skin color make us seem different than others

Line 27: Heading to work thinking of all questions I have about my skin color and what it represents to other people

Line 28: walking down the street stopping at the liquor
Line 29: Saying hi to a little cute girl I seen
Line 30: She looked like a queen
Line 31: Her mom yelling at her to stay away from  me made me think
Line 32:  Are we bad people?
Line 33: I just need a hard drink

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What we can do to end Racism is learn about other people different than us and share common and differences about each other.  Words hurt whether meaning them or not.

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I chose changes from Tupac because this hip song  makes reference to the treatment of black people by police and it connects to my theory because they view blacks as bad people. What stood out to me from the song is " Cops give a damn about a negro, pull a trigger kill a nigga hes a hero" This stood out to me because polices don't care about black people and really will shoot them for no reason.

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This video shows how they treat the black " If they come back then we might have to kill them". This was mention in the video and it stood out to me because there just treating blacks how ever they want.

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13th (documentary) | Trump's speech (good old days)

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My parents are tying the action to the person and that's not right because many races can do the same actions and they are putting those actions only on black people. They prohibit me from talking or getting close to black people because there "dangerous". They think this way because they have had bad experiences with black people. They view them as criminals, robbers, an bad people.

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According to the article titled " Dylann Roof Jury: Penalty for Charleston church shooter" posted on Tuesday January 10, 2017 created by Khusbuh Shah and Ellott C. states that dylann entered Charleston and killed 9 men. He was planning this days before the shooting happened. He states that somebody either had to get rid of black people because "black people are killing white people everyday." This connects to my social theory because their viewing black people as bad without knowing who they are.

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Roof on Wednesday was formally sentenced to death -- as recommended by the jury -- for killing nine people at a historically black church in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015.

He is the first federal hate-crime defendant to be sentenced to death, a Justice Department spokesman said. He has 14 days to appeal his sentence.

Roof had indicated he wanted to speak at the sentencing hearing, but he didn't.

Instead he listened to a long line of people whose loved ones he stole. More than one family member took issue with the defendant failing to make eye contact with them.

"Dylann ... Dylann! I know you can hear me," said Janet Scott, Tywanza Sanders' aunt. "Even as (Tywanza) knelt there and asked you why you were doing this, he was showing you love. He was showing you that one last chance, but you chose not to instead."

The Rev. Dan Simmons' son, Dan Simmons Jr., opened his statement by telling Roof, "I understand why you don't want to look at us, so I will speak to the spirit that possesses you."

If Roof's intent was to sow hate and discord, he achieved the opposite, Simmons said, urging the defendant to "look at the love this nation, this holy city has poured out. You don't have to look at me. But I see that spirit. I want you to think about that as I forgive for your act, for your actions. ... Know you have an opportunity to ask for forgiveness. Know that God will forgive you. ... If you choose to serve him, you will have a better life. I hear you breathing all the way over here. Speak to that spirit that's inside you."

Not all family members were so magnanimous. Gayle Jackson, the niece of Susie Jackson, told Roof that while she prayed that God would have mercy on his mother, "I want your soul to burn in hell."

"My mother can't even step a foot into church," she said. "And for you to sit here every day -- I was here from the beginning to the end -- and never, ever apologize ... was hurtful. I pray that your soul go to hell."

Shirrene Goss, the sister of Tywanza Sanders, seized on Roof's assertion he felt he had to commit the massacre.

"You, young man, are among the worst kind of evil," she said. "You have said you didn't have to do this but you felt you had to do this. The fact is, you did not have to do this just as my brother Tywanza urged you not to. ... One day before your final earthly judgment, it's going to come to you, and you are going to realize you did not have to do this. And it's going to hit you hard."

The 26-year-old victim's father, Tyrone Sanders, also warned Roof what lies ahead for him.

"Why you want to single out black people in a church?" he asked. "That I don't know. But whoever your creator is, he's coming for you."

Closing arguments and no remorse

On Tuesday, Roof, 22, expressed no remorse during his closing argument. He reiterated he had no choice but to kill nine people at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in June 2015.

"I felt like I had to do it, and I still do feel like I had to do it," he said.

His statement followed the prosecutor's impassioned, two-hour argument. Assistant US Attorney Jay Richardson reminded jurors that Roof sat with the church members for 40 minutes before opening fire. He pulled the trigger "more than 75 times ... reloading seven times" as he stood over his victims, shooting them repeatedly, Richardson said.

Jurors had the option to recommend life in prison without the possibility of parole, but the 10 women and two men delivered a unanimous vote for the death penalty.

Yet the jury's recommendation and the sentencing phase may not mean the end for the case.

Why case could go on for 'very long time'

Death penalty cases are notorious for their complexity, often spending years in appeals and processes.

A group of defense attorneys and others who worked on Roof's behalf issued a statement, saying the death penalty decision means the case will not be over for a "very long time."

Holman Gossett, a former prosecutor in South Carolina, said it's possible Roof could ask for a new trial.

"He didn't have any attorneys helping him in the penalty phase so he may make that motion after reflecting on it," Gossett told CNN affiliate WSPA-TV. "Then it would go through the process of automatic hearings with appellate courts to see if there's any reason under the law that it should not stand legal grounds."

Federal executions are rare

Since the federal death penalty was reinstated in 1988 after a 16-year moratorium, three federal inmates have been executed in the United States. There are 63 federal prisoners awaiting execution.

Roof's court appearances may be far from over.

He is also set to be tried on state murder charges, and prosecutors have said they'll also seek the death penalty in that case.

'Hate won't win'

After court, the Rev. Simmons' family said they were pleased with the guilty verdict and praised the Department of Justice.

"I am proud of my family. I am proud of the city of Charleston, and I'm proud of America for keeping this story alive and allowing the victims... their voice to be heard, even now 19 months after their death," said Rose Simmons, a daughter.

Simmons' son, Dan Simmons Jr., who addressed Roof in court said: "I wanted to speak to the inner person, not the outer shell. I did achieve getting him to look up and to pay attention to what I was saying."

Dan Simmons Jr. ended the press conference with a message: "Hate won't win."

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Khushbu Shah and Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN

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Victim's dad warns Dylann Roof: 'Your creator ... he's coming for you'

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Roof on Wednesday was formally sentenced to death -- as recommended by the jury -- for killing nine people at a historically black church in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015. He is the first federal hate-crime defendant to be sentenced to death, a Justice Department spokesman said.

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Your Name: Marisol Diaz

Class Period: 5

Social theory : Social Hierarchy based on skin color results in colorism which leads to the discrimination of people based on the color of their skin.

Explanation of theory (why are you taking this position? Why do you see the world this way):

I realized this idea because my parents made me think about this theory. My parents prohibit me from talking to black people or getting close to them because they’re “dangerous”. My parents think this way because they have experiences with black people and some friends have too.  Social Hierarchy is a society's categorization of people based on what they value the most and the least. In America, we have many forms of social hierarchies, the most common one is a hierarchy based on skin color. America’s social hierarchy of skin color values white people at the top and African americans at the bottom. This causes discrimination amongst the people because we are being taught to value people based on this structure.