Roof’s manifesto that he publishes on his website, “Last Rhodesian”:

“Segregation was not a bad thing...It was a defensive measure. Segregation did not exist to hold back n*****s. It existed to protect us from them.”Paul Lewis, Amanda Holpuch and Jessica Glenza, “Paul Lewis in Charleston, Amanda Holpuch in Columbia and Jessica Glenza in New York,” Guardian, June 21, 2015, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jun/20/dylann-roof-fbi-website-manifesto-charleston-shooting.