If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention. On Saturday, August 12, a rally held by White Nationalists in Charlottesville, Virginia, erupted into fatal chaos. This was the most prominent gathering of white nationalists in recent times, attracting neo-nazis, Ku Klux Klan members, specifically David Duke, former Imperial Wizard of the the KKK, and Richard Spencer, white supremacist and popularizer of the term Alt-Right.

Virginia's governor declared a state of emergency as white nationalists clashed with counter-protesters over the removal of Confederate monuments throughout the South. Violence quickly engulfed the city, ultimately ending in the death of Heather Heyes as a white supremacist slammed his car into a crowd of counter protesters.

The job of a writer is to help make sense of all the crap going on in the world, deliver clarity and hope. Writers have great power to change perspectives and ultimately the world. I truly believe that with great writing comes great responsibility.

But how can one person look at all this evil and offer the way we should be looking at it and how to move forward? The truth is one person cannot do it alone. So it's our responsibility, as Americans and as humans, to stand up and say that racism has no place in this country. White supremacy will not be tolerated and is it despicable. It is our duty as a country to show our fellow Americans that acts of white nationalism and similar beliefs have no place in society.

This is not just a problem that we should look at as Virginia's problem or the South's problem. The reality is that this evil is rooted in all areas of our country and it is time to drive it out. The former president of Washington State University's College Republicans attended the "Unite the Right" rally. The club elected a white supremacist as their president. It makes me sick.

It is our job to stand up against intolerance and extremism. It is devastating to see this happening in our country, but honestly, it isn't that surprising, especially considering we have a president who is angry with and has no problem criticizing The New York Times, CNN, Hillary Clinton, Kristen Stewart, the cast of "Hamilton," Diet Coke, Nordstrom not selling Ivanka's clothing line, the mayor of London, Arnold Schwarzenegger, the state of New Hampshire, Sadiq Khan, Gold Star families, Penn Jillett's Las Vegas show, the movie "Django Unchained," Meryl Streep and female Ghostbusters but struggles to condemn Nazis, Alt-Right, the KKK and other white supremacists.

Trump falsely placed blame on "many sides." There were two sides, and one side had Nazis on it. It is pretty clear that the evil derives from that side. We shouldn't have to pressure the President of the United States of America into saying that the KKK and Nazis are bad. He didn't even do as well condemning white supremacy as the company that makes Tiki Torches.

"Tiki Brand is not associated in any way with the events that took place in Charlottesville and are deeply saddened and disappointed," the company said in a statement Monday. "We do not support their message or the use of our products in this way."

It's vital that we, especially white people, speak out against this evil and hatred. Doing nothing is just as bad as supporting it.

We have to show the world, and more importantly ourselves, that this isn't what we stand for as Americans.

It is time to condemn white supremacy, bigotry and hate.

We cannot go backwards. We have to go forward.