The Historical Falsehoods That Feed White Supremacy [YesMagazine.org]

Samantha Sangenito 8/17/174:00 AM

White supremacist racism is shaking Charlottesville and the country. It is difficult to make sense out of such nonsense. Protesters chanted “take America back,” “you will not replace us,” and “blood and soil,” a well-known Nazi rallying cry. But they came to fight, not speak, fueled by anger and projecting their own deep anxieties onto the feared “other.”

This type of hatred is not new in America. Behind the racist slogans are historical tropes that the broader White America clings to, not just those who showed up for the “Unite the Right” protests.

[For more of this story, written by Peter J. Hammer, go to http://www.yesmagazine.org/pea...can-history-20170814]

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