“The white gunman who killed three Black people at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida, over the weekend wore a Rhodesian army patch on his tactical vest, law enforcement sources say, a reference that has been used before during white supremacist attacks,” NBC News reports.

“The patch — representing Rhodesia, a former white minority-ruled territory in southern Africa in the 1960s and ’70s that would become Zimbabwe — is yet another symbol of how the shooter, Ryan Palmeter, was racist and was influenced by racist ideology, investigators say.”

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) was interviewed by Kaitlin Collins on CNN:

TUBERVILLE: My opinion of a white nationalist… it’s an American. If that white nationalist is a racist, I’m totally against them.

COLLINS: White nationalist is racist.

TUBERVILLE: That’s your opinion.

A new Monmouth poll finds 80% of Americans believe racial and ethnic discrimination is a problem in the United States, including 61% who say it is a big problem.

Just 21% say it is not a problem.

President Biden declared white supremacy “the most dangerous terrorist threat” to the American homeland, using a speech to graduating students at a historically Black university to elevate a debate that has already become central to his campaign for a second term, the Washington Post reports.

Elon Musk accused the media of being racist against whites and Asians after U.S. newspapers dropped a white comic strip author who made derogatory comments about Black Americans, Reuters reports.

“Pro-Trump Dilbert creator Scott Adams, who has previously claimed he’s been a victim of racism in Hollywood and corporate America, went on a racist diatribe this week, labeling Black people as a ‘hate group’ and saying that White people should ‘get the hell away’ from them,” the San Jose Mercury News reports.

“The teacher who supervised the announcements at Bexley Middle School resigned Friday — one week after a racist image was shown during the school’s morning announcements,” the Columbus Dispatch reports.

“The image of an orangutan eating a watermelon appeared on a green screen background after a historical fact was shared Feb. 3 as part of Black History Month.”

A group of Hispanic lawmakers in Connecticut has proposed that the state follow Arkansas’ lead and ban the term “Latinx” from official government documents, calling it offensive to Spanish speakers, the AP reports.