The “threat” was Black equality – or rather, Black equity

Christian Science Monitor: “My cause for surprise wasn’t because I’m a native of the Palmetto State. It came from my political experiences in a Republican stronghold, and my home state’s sordid history of racial injustice. Last January, on the day before the state’s General Assembly convened, I dropped off letters to each state House and Senate member, petitioning for the removal of a white supremacist monument. I still haven’t received a response from a single member. […]”