The controversial statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee — which played a key role in the deadly Charlottesville “Unite the Right” Rally in 2017 — has finally been taken down after years of protests and cries for its removal. J.L. Cook of The Root reported that “work to remove…
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A Mother’s Warning: White Teen and Tween Boys Easily Propagandized by White Supremacists Online
California writer and mother Joanna Schroeder had a message to other moms of white teen boys in a tweet that went viral: White supremacists online are paying attention to young men’s social media use, even if you are not. Do you have white teenage sons? Listen up. I’ve been watching…
Archived: White Nationalists Feel at Home Visiting the White House
Patrick Casey, leader of alt-right white nationalist group, Identity Evropa, and Charlottesville marcher, posted a visit to the White House on social media this week: Evropa has landed at the White House! pic.twitter.com/nlExBhNP4V Patrick Casey (@PatrickCaseyIE) November 7, 2018 Casey’s group, aimed at recruiting young white college-age men, believes in…
Archived: White Nationalists and Republicans Feel Dissed by Taylor Swift
UPDATE: Swift Sways an Uptick in Voter Registration That Has Never Been Seen Taylor Swift’s post did more than tick-off alt-righters. It motivated newer voters to register in a big way. Typically, there is an uptick in voting registration that occurs right before elections, but according to Vote.org Chief Operating…
Archived: White Nationalists and Republicans Feel Dissed by Taylor Swift
UPDATE: Swift Sways an Uptick in Voter Registration That Has Never Been Seen Taylor Swift’s post did more than tick-off alt-righters. It motivated newer voters to register in a big way. Typically, there is an uptick in voting registration that occurs right before elections, but according to Vote.org Chief Operating…
Archived: White Nationalists Charged in Assault of Four Blacks at Unite the Right Rally
Four white nationalists from California who flew cross country to Charlottesville, after having trained MMA style to commit violence and succeeded, now face up to 10 years in prison, if convicted. Benjamin Daley, 25, and Thomas Gillen, 34, both of Redondo Beach; Michael Miselis, 29, of Lawndale; and Cole White,…
Archived: Obama to Trump: We're Supposed to Stand up to Discrimination and to Nazi Sympathizers
Former President Barack Obama kicked off his campaigning for November’s midterms, on Friday afternoon, and took jabs at President Trump and the spineless backbones of his Republican constituents. Obama spared no expense rebuking the administration’s actions that have emboldened racists. “We’re supposed to stand up to discrimination, and clearly and…
Archived: Unite the Right 2 Lost in a Sea of Diverse, Anti-Hate Voices
White supremacists gathering for the Unite the Right 2 rally on Sunday in Washington, D.C., showed up 40 strong. Meanwhile, thousands of people met in the city prepared for a counter-protest. With half of the seven-acre Lafayette park being full of anti-racist groups, they were certainly outnumbered. And the scene…
Archived: 'Charlottesville 3.0': White Nationalists Rally Again
Another series of protests by white nationalists took place in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend. “Charlottesville 3.0 was a great success,” said Richard Spencer, a white supremacist and well-known figure of the “alt-right,” in a video posted to Twitter. “It was a lot of fun.” The rally took place on…
Archived: Is the 'Ku Klux Klowns' Lynching Display an Effective Protest
INDECLINE, an activist artist collective, created eight Ku Klux Klan effigies wearing clown costumes underneath KKK robes and hanged them from a single tree in Richmond’sJoseph BryanPark to protest white supremacy. An effigy wore a placard that read: “If Attacked By a Mob of Clowns, Go for the Juggler.” Richmond,…