Editing Payton Gendron (section)

===Manifesto===
Prior to the shooting, Gendron wrote a 180-page manifesto titled "The [[Great Replacement / White Genocide|Great Replacement]]", named after the racist theory that white Europeans are being demographically and culturally replaced with non-European people. He blamed Jews for non-white immigration and wrote that non-whites will commit genocide on the white race in the manifesto. The manifesto also includes details on the planned shooting and racist and anti-Semitic memes.<ref>[https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/making-sense-of-the-racist-mass-shooting-in-buffalo Making Sense of the Racist Mass Shooting in Buffalo], ''The New Yorker''</ref> Gendron also wrote about his admiration for previous mass shooters who were motivated by racism, especially [[Brenton Tarrant]].<ref>[https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-buffalo-shooter-manifesto-new-zealand-mosque-20220515-kruzyldskbaplcr5hue27hhlhq-story.html Buffalo supermarket shooter was radicalized by New Zealand mosque killer], ''New York Daily News''</ref> Much of it appears to be plagiarized from Tarrant's manifesto, leading one news reporter to call Gendron's manifesto "a knockoff term paper that plagiarized past mass shooters".<ref>[https://www.wivb.com/news/buffalo-supermarket-mass-shooting-tops/racist-screed-linked-to-buffalo-mass-shooter-plagiarized-manifesto-portions-from-christchurch-mosque-shooter-great-replacement-theory/ Racist screed linked to Buffalo mass shooter 'plagiarized' portions from Christchurch mosque shooter, expert says], ''News 4 Buffalo''</ref>