Why We’re Not Sad About Charlie Kirk

The “we” in this case refers to Black people, who fall into two camps when it comes to Mr. Charlie:

1. Those who only vaguely know who he was, and routinely confused him with Ben Shapiro
2. Those of us who’d seen the scorn and rage he routinely directed at Black people

Mr. Charlie’s (short) life was dedicated to pointing White rage at racial, sexual, and religious minorities. Black people were the most frequent target he chose, and he spent years teaching angry White people that every seat at every table they desired but couldn’t get their ass into was occupied by an undeserving, uppity Negro — or Negress, as misogynoir was a particular pet of his.

Then on September 10, someone shot Mr. Charlie.

The murder had all the hallmarks of Classic White Gunman before the suspect was apprehended: a difficult shot with a sniper rifle some 250 yards away, lone gunman, carefully planned hit, and occurring in one of the Whitest states in the Union (Utah).

And yet… the first place White rage found a home was in the familiar bosom of Black people. HBCUs started receiving bomb threats, and Charlie stans threw together a website featuring any number of activists, creators and others they deemed “responsible” for their hero’s murder; a list more than disproportionately filled…