The C.O.W.S. Catherine Pelonero’s Absolute Madness Racism and Black Misandry in Buffalo Part 4

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Thursday, June 9th 8:00PM Eastern / 5:00PM Pacific

The Context of White Supremacy hosts the fourth study session on Catherine Pelonero’s 2017 publication, Absolute Madness: A True Story of a Serial Killer, Race, and a City Divided. Since we started this book, Buffalo’s most recent White Terrorist, Payton Gendron, was charged with 10 counts of first degree murder and one count of a Domestic Act of Terrorism Motivated by Hate in the First Degree. The latter charge is unprecedented in New York state history. Last week, Pelonero detailed the gruesome murders of Parler Edwards and Ernest Jones in October 1980. Both black male cab drivers had their hearts extracted after being killed. Erie County District Attorney Ed Cosgrove denied a link between these two mutilations and the four previous shooting deaths of black males. He then pivoted to admonish black people for criticizing White police officers and peddling “divisive, selfish ideas” and conspiracy theories about a Racist plot against black people. Five days after this press conference, the Bowen Homes Day Care Center exploded in Atlanta, Georgia killing 5 black children. This blast, reportedly the result of a gas leak, was concurrent but unrelated to the ongoing “Atlanta Child Murders.” The Buffalo/New York and Atlanta attacks of black people would continue and remain unsolved for the remainder of the year.