Richard Spencer: ‘White Identitarian’ Leader and Propagandist

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Richard Spencer (born 1978) is president of the National Policy Institute, a white supremacist think tank. Spencer himself claims he’s not a neo-Nazi or white supremacist; he prefers to be called a “white nationalist” or “white identitarian.” Ironically, he also refers to himself as a “Zionist for white people.” (Apparently, Jews are not white in his view.) No matter what he claims, his speeches are full of white supremacist and neo-fascist tropes, with many people in attendance giving Nazi salutes.

Quote: “The ideal of a white ethno-state — and it is an ideal — is something that I think we should think about in the sense of what could come after America. It’s kind of like a grand goal…. It’s a way of thinking about [how] we want a new type of society that would actually be a homeland for all white people.”

Sources: Wikipedia, newsrecord.org

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Watch “Rebranding White Nationalism: Inside Richard Spencer’s Alt-Right” a 2016 report from The Atlantic magazine [11:08]. >>

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— Jonathan Leader Maynard in his incisive article “Could It Happen Here?: The Holocaust and Atrocities in the 21st Century” To read the entire article, click here.