White Nationalism

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  4/25/2023
  

  Kathleen Belew: "Lone Wolf" Label Obscures Key Networks of Far Right Extremism

  While hardly representative of all veterans, the far right in the 20th and 21st centuries has actively recruited former military members into their networks. 

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• SOURCE: Substack
  2/15/2023
  

  The Threat of Christian Nationalism

  by Kristin Du Mez

  "Because Christian nationalists believe that God is on their side and that the fate of Christian America is at stake, among staunch adherents there is no space for compromise."

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  1/24/2023
  

  Erika Lee and Carol Anderson on Myths and Realities of Race in American History

  "The problem we have in the United States is that we use these myths as a way to diminish the humanity and the citizenship of large sectors of our population and to then craft policies based on myths."

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• SOURCE: The New Republic
  12/7/2022
  

  There's No Choice But to Fight for a Better America

  by Siva Vaidhyanathan

  "We often misdiagnose our current malady as one of 'polarization.' That’s wrong. We have one rogue, ethno-authoritarian party and one fairly stable and diverse party."

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• SOURCE: Los Angeles Times
  11/21/2022
  

  Ties Documented Between Legal Activist Challenging Affirmative Action and White Nationalists

  by Jean Guerrero

  Both the activists behind two Supreme Court cases challenging affirmative action and the funding network that supports them have close ties to overt white nationalists and anti-immigration leaders, suggesting that the lawsuits are less about fairness for all than about advantage for whites. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  11/19/2022
  

  There are No "Lone Wolves"

  Building on the work of Kathleen Belew and others, the Times editorial board argues that recent episodes of racial terrorism are part of a global white nationalist movement. 

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• SOURCE: Faith and Leadership
  11/1/2022
  

  Broken Faith: What Must Christians Do About the White Nationalists Among Them?

  by Anthea Butler

  "Three major forces have combined to lead us perilously close to disaster: conspiracy theories, racial and historical panics, and the increasing language of spiritual warfare."

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• SOURCE: MSNBC
  8/25/2022
  

  Bannon's Threat: An Army of Christian Nationalists

  by Anthea Butler

  As conservative churches feel free to intervene directly in politics, will the midterms be swayed by an army of evangelical poll-watchers and door-knockers? 

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• SOURCE: The Bulwark
  8/22/2022
  

  White Christian Nationalism is Out in the Open Now

  by Annika Brockschmidt and Thomas Lecaque

  The boundaries of acceptable discussions of the relationship of religion and civil authority and citizenship have shifted on the right as political candidates now treat the label "Christian nationalist" with defiance instead of denial, and deploy a mythical version of the past to justify their views.

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  6/24/2022
  

  The Court's Abortion Decision is Based in White Nationalist Myth

  by Samira K. Mehta and Lauren MacIvor Thompson

  The durable image of "motherhood and apple pie" is central to the myth of white Christian nationalism and part of the ideological impulse to strip away reproductive freedom. 

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• SOURCE: The Bulwark
  5/31/2022
  

  Doug Mastriano and the White Christian Nationalist Cult of the AR-15

  by Thomas Lecaque

  The Pennsylvania Republican nominee for governor has connections to a church that merges radical Christian nationalism with the trappings of the militia movement and a fetishism of assault rifles. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  5/15/2022
  

  "Great Replacement" Rhetoric has not Historically Been Out of Place in the Halls of Power

  Mississippi Senator Theodore Bilbo published a book in 1947 declaring that the failure to ensure racial segregation and Anglo-Saxon supremacy would lead to the destruction of American civilization. 

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  5/17/2022
  

  Buffalo Shooting Exposes How History Shapes the Present

  by Chad Williams

  "Buffalo’s unique history of African American freedom, civil rights struggle and perseverance in the face of structural racism and economic neglect remind us of why Gendron targeted this particular community and why this shooting is especially heinous."

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  4/16/2022
  

  If GOP Cared About Kids, it Would Protect them From White Nationalist Recruitment Online

  by Ibram X. Kendi

  Why aren't conservatives up in arms about the "grooming" of white youth by white supremacists in online communities? 

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• SOURCE: Religion Dispatches
  3/31/2022
  

  The White Nationalist Fringe is Moving to the Center of the Republican Party

  by Annika Brockschmidt

  The embrace of the white nationalist right by the Republican Party is reflected in the fact that Marjorie Taylor Greene's political endorsement is, second to Trump's, the most sought-after for party candidates. 

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• SOURCE: Public Orthodoxy
  12/3/2021
  

  American Orthodoxy Has a Lost Cause Problem

  by Aram G. Sarkisian

  "Scholars and other observers are noting the growing links between Orthodox Christianity and the American alt-right."

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  12/7/2021
  

  The Trump-Bannon Feud Sheds Light on the Direction of the Far Right

  Nicole Hemmer explains to Post columnist Greg Sargent that Bannon represents an explicitly anti-democratic strain of nationalism that is separate from the political allegiance of many conservatives to Donald Trump. 

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  11/30/2021
  

  The History of the "Anti-White" Victim Mantra of White Supremacy

  by Ibram X. Kendi

  '"Anti-racism is anti-white' is the old and explosive mantra of avowed white supremacists. It has been their organizing vehicle, fueling their rage, fueling their backlashes, fueling their delusions."

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• SOURCE: Forward
  11/3/2021
  

  Lipstadt "Taken Aback" by Antisemitic Symbols at Charlottesville

  Deborah Lipstadt's testimony featured discussion of the historical content of antisemitism; her cross examination by defendant Christopher Caldwell included crass questions about Holocaust jokes.

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• SOURCE: Axios
  9/29/2021
  

  Racist "Replacement" Theory Goes Mainstream

  "White replacement theory" posits the existence of a plot to change America's racial composition by methodically enacting policies that reduce white Americans' political power. It's moved from the fringes of the hard right to the mainstream of conservative media and some Republican politicians.