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The Radicalization of White America

 
Casper 2019-05-05 00:34:40 

How Donald Trump Weaponized Whiteness.



Since Donald Trump declared himself a candidate for the presidency, hate crimes have jumped by a statistically significant amount. In 2014, the last full year he wasn’t running for president, the FBI reported 6,418 total hate crime incidents, the lowest amount in five years. Donald Trump officially announced his White House bid in June 2015, and by 2016 (his first full year as a political figure), hate crimes jumped 14%.



The startling statistics include:

- Hate crimes have jumped 31 percent since Donald Trump became a presidential candidate.

- The total number of hate crimes in 2017 (the most recent year for which figures are available) was the highest in a decade.

- Since 2014, the number of hate crimes motivated by religion has increased by 53%.

- During the same time period, the number of racially motivated incidents has increased by 25%, from 4,048 to 5,060, according to FBI data.

- Three of the four deadliest years for extremist-related murders have happened since Donald Trump declared his presidency, according to the Anti-Defamation League



While we should not lay all of this violence solely at the feet of Trump, it is unavoidably true that he has not only used the tactics of fear and hate for his political gain, but he has mainstreamed racism in a way that has motivated some white people to act out on their fears.


“Trump is a huge problem for us as a society, in terms of rationalizing bigotry and making it seem OK,” says the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Heidi Beirich. “But at the same time, you have young white males who - in a very short period of time - are being exposed to this horrific white supremacist propaganda and are starting to commit acts of violence.”

 
Dan_De_Lyan 2019-05-05 18:57:16 

White america is the most charitable group in the world.


"Grabbing" the KKK as the rep of white america?


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