“Donald Trump is the new face of white supremacy,” says hate crime expert.

[THE_DEVIL]

Donald Trump is the new face of white supremacy,” says hate crime expert.
August 24, 2015

Before you think this article is “just one liberal’s opinion,” let me briefly say I have dedicated my life to studying racism. I earned my PhD from Emory University in 1995 after spending several years doing ethnographic field studies of white supremacist groups. I have published books and articles in peer-reviewed journals on the subject and have appeared on more TV shows than I can remember discussing how hate works. In my 20 years at Portland State University, I interviewed scores of committed racists, from teenage skinheads to racist murderers and founders of Nazi prison gangs. So when I say that presidential candidate Donald Trump is a racist hate-monger it’s not just a political pejorative. He has a constitutional right to hold and express racist views, but using those views to manipulate the intellectually vulnerable and mobilize active bigots requires a coherent response. As an expert on hate, I am more than comfortable stating that either Trump is a virulent racist or that he is willing to perform racism and use racism of others to advance his political position.

Trump represents a frightening trend of convenient racism rooted a belief that America was great before ethnic and racial minorities, women, and sexual minorities wanted equal rights. (What Trump calls “political correctness.”) These people will say that “racism is wrong, but…” or “I’m not a racist, but…” and then something deeply racist follows. They’ll say that “all lives matter,” in the face of the movement to acknowledge the devaluing of black lives. They’ll say they are not homophobes, just for “religious freedom” (an argument the KKK still makes). They’ll say they’re not Islamaphobes, just against terrorism (ignoring the carnage done by domestic, often Christian, terrorists). And they’ll say that they are not bigots, just opposed to illegal immigration (of brown people). It’s a kinder, gentler form of bigotry, but it’s still bigotry. And Donald Trump is the new Father Coughlin and he wants to be free of the political correctness that would stand in the way of his bigotry. (At least he’s abandoned the GOP’s “go after the gays” mantra from the last election.)

 

[iammrhawkeyes]

Like Trump or not, that article (and the author) is a steaming pile of crap.

 

[waterboy4582]

Might want to go to the ghettos and preach that to all racists killing blacks.

 

[iammrhawkeyes]

Some of the comments are off da hook:

Anyone can be prejudiced, but only the group that holds power can commit racism. And in the US, that group has always been white.

Commit racism. LOL. Anyone here other than WWJD agree with the statement above?

 

[HallofFame]

 

[sijoint]

Donald Trump is the new face of white supremacy,” says hate crime expert.
August 24, 2015

Before you think this article is “just one liberal’s opinion,” let me briefly say I have dedicated my life to studying racism. I earned my PhD from Emory University in 1995 after spending several years doing ethnographic field studies of white supremacist groups. I have published books and articles in peer-reviewed journals on the subject and have appeared on more TV shows than I can remember discussing how hate works. In my 20 years at Portland State University, I interviewed scores of committed racists, from teenage skinheads to racist murderers and founders of Nazi prison gangs. So when I say that presidential candidate Donald Trump is a racist hate-monger it’s not just a political pejorative. He has a constitutional right to hold and express racist views, but using those views to manipulate the intellectually vulnerable and mobilize active bigots requires a coherent response. As an expert on hate, I am more than comfortable stating that either Trump is a virulent racist or that he is willing to perform racism and use racism of others to advance his political position.

Trump represents a frightening trend of convenient racism rooted a belief that America was great before ethnic and racial minorities, women, and sexual minorities wanted equal rights. (What Trump calls “political correctness.”) These people will say that “racism is wrong, but…” or “I’m not a racist, but…” and then something deeply racist follows. They’ll say that “all lives matter,” in the face of the movement to acknowledge the devaluing of black lives. They’ll say they are not homophobes, just for “religious freedom” (an argument the KKK still makes). They’ll say they’re not Islamaphobes, just against terrorism (ignoring the carnage done by domestic, often Christian, terrorists). And they’ll say that they are not bigots, just opposed to illegal immigration (of brown people). It’s a kinder, gentler form of bigotry, but it’s still bigotry. And Donald Trump is the new Father Coughlin and he wants to be free of the political correctness that would stand in the way of his bigotry. (At least he’s abandoned the GOP’s “go after the gays” mantra from the last election.)

 

[lucas80]

I don't know if Trump is a racist or not, but he's worse than that in my mind. Like the Birthers he runs with and inspires he manipulates the darkest, basest emotions and fears in some people. An individual racist I can handle, one that inspires racists to mobilize and procreate is truly scary.

 

[ottumwan in tx]

I don't know if Trump is a racist or not, but he's worse than that in my mind. Like the Birthers he runs with and inspires he manipulates the darkest, basest emotions and fears in some people. An individual racist I can handle, one that inspires racists to mobilize and procreate is truly scary.

yep, the entire American landscape is just filled with racists. yep.

 

[linkshero]

So the left's desired momentum here is 'If you support Trump, you are Racist"? Ironically, for decades the left has been running around urban areas telling minorities they have to vote Democratic, but that's OK.

 

[Huey Grey]

The bigger problem is that a white supremacist is the leading Republican candidate.

 

[sijoint]

The bigger problem is that a white supremacist is the leading Republican candidate.

 

[thewop]

Donald Trump is the new face of white supremacy,” says hate crime expert.
August 24, 2015

Before you think this article is “just one liberal’s opinion,” let me briefly say I have dedicated my life to studying racism. I earned my PhD from Emory University in 1995 after spending several years doing ethnographic field studies of white supremacist groups. I have published books and articles in peer-reviewed journals on the subject and have appeared on more TV shows than I can remember discussing how hate works. In my 20 years at Portland State University, I interviewed scores of committed racists, from teenage skinheads to racist murderers and founders of Nazi prison gangs. So when I say that presidential candidate Donald Trump is a racist hate-monger it’s not just a political pejorative. He has a constitutional right to hold and express racist views, but using those views to manipulate the intellectually vulnerable and mobilize active bigots requires a coherent response. As an expert on hate, I am more than comfortable stating that either Trump is a virulent racist or that he is willing to perform racism and use racism of others to advance his political position.

Trump represents a frightening trend of convenient racism rooted a belief that America was great before ethnic and racial minorities, women, and sexual minorities wanted equal rights. (What Trump calls “political correctness.”) These people will say that “racism is wrong, but…” or “I’m not a racist, but…” and then something deeply racist follows. They’ll say that “all lives matter,” in the face of the movement to acknowledge the devaluing of black lives. They’ll say they are not homophobes, just for “religious freedom” (an argument the KKK still makes). They’ll say they’re not Islamaphobes, just against terrorism (ignoring the carnage done by domestic, often Christian, terrorists). And they’ll say that they are not bigots, just opposed to illegal immigration (of brown people). It’s a kinder, gentler form of bigotry, but it’s still bigotry. And Donald Trump is the new Father Coughlin and he wants to be free of the political correctness that would stand in the way of his bigotry. (At least he’s abandoned the GOP’s “go after the gays” mantra from the last election.)

This person probably won't be a "hate crime expert" for much longer

 

[thewop]

Some of the comments are off da hook:

Anyone can be prejudiced, but only the group that holds power can commit racism. And in the US, that group has always been white.

Commit racism. LOL. Anyone here other than WWJD agree with the statement above?

Technically, yes, I do. The meaning of the term "racism" has evolved over the years. This is how I was taught in school back in the 80's, and I'm guessing others here were taught the same: Prejudice is having thoughts or feelings, while racism is acting on them. We've all come to accept that a belief or mindset can be "racism," but the writer is actually using the term correctly by the definition I was taught.

For Example:
Prejudice = 'I believe white people are smarter than people of color'
Racism = I won't let people of color into my college because they're not as smart

One is a belief, the other is committing an act of racism.

 

[iammrhawkeyes]

Technically, yes, I do. The meaning of the term "racism" has evolved over the years. This is how I was taught in school back in the 80's, and I'm guessing others here were taught the same: Prejudice is having thoughts or feelings, while racism is acting on them. We've all come to accept that a belief or mindset can be "racism," but the writer is actually using the term correctly by the definition I was taught.

For Example:
Prejudice = 'I believe white people are smarter than people of color'
Racism = I won't let people of color into my college because they're not as smart

One is a belief, the other is committing an act of racism.

So it started way back then? Pretty sad. Pretending that's correct for a second, do you think that only the "group holding power" can commit racism? Here's the real life definition:

rac·ist
ˈrāsəst/
noun

1. 1.
   a person who believes that a particular race is superior to another.
   synonyms: racial bigot, racialist, xenophobe, chauvinist, supremacist More
   
   

adjective

1. 1.
   having or showing the belief that a particular race is superior to another.
   "we are investigating complaints about racist abuse at the club"

 

[thewop]

So it started way back then? Pretty sad. Pretending that's correct for a second, do you think that only the "group holding power" can commit racism? Here's the real life definition:

rac·ist
ˈrāsəst/
noun

1. 1.
   a person who believes that a particular race is superior to another.
   synonyms: racial bigot, racialist, xenophobe, chauvinist, supremacist More
   

adjective

1. 1.
   having or showing the belief that a particular race is superior to another.
   "we are investigating complaints about racist abuse at the club"

I do not agree with the "group holding power" portion of the statement at all. I should have clarified. That's just dumb.

 

[CeMar_Clone]

Donald Trump is the new face of white supremacy,” says hate crime expert.
August 24, 2015

Before you think this article is “just one liberal’s opinion,” let me briefly say I have dedicated my life to studying racism. I earned my PhD from Emory University in 1995 after spending several years doing ethnographic field studies of white supremacist groups. I have published books and articles in peer-reviewed journals on the subject and have appeared on more TV shows than I can remember discussing how hate works. In my 20 years at Portland State University, I interviewed scores of committed racists, from teenage skinheads to racist murderers and founders of Nazi prison gangs. So when I say that presidential candidate Donald Trump is a racist hate-monger it’s not just a political pejorative. He has a constitutional right to hold and express racist views, but using those views to manipulate the intellectually vulnerable and mobilize active bigots requires a coherent response. As an expert on hate, I am more than comfortable stating that either Trump is a virulent racist or that he is willing to perform racism and use racism of others to advance his political position.

Trump represents a frightening trend of convenient racism rooted a belief that America was great before ethnic and racial minorities, women, and sexual minorities wanted equal rights. (What Trump calls “political correctness.”) These people will say that “racism is wrong, but…” or “I’m not a racist, but…” and then something deeply racist follows. They’ll say that “all lives matter,” in the face of the movement to acknowledge the devaluing of black lives. They’ll say they are not homophobes, just for “religious freedom” (an argument the KKK still makes). They’ll say they’re not Islamaphobes, just against terrorism (ignoring the carnage done by domestic, often Christian, terrorists). And they’ll say that they are not bigots, just opposed to illegal immigration (of brown people). It’s a kinder, gentler form of bigotry, but it’s still bigotry. And Donald Trump is the new Father Coughlin and he wants to be free of the political correctness that would stand in the way of his bigotry. (At least he’s abandoned the GOP’s “go after the gays” mantra from the last election.)

Please show me the christian terrorists that are having people kneel on IED's and blowing them to a million bits.

 

[LuckyNed]

What would qualify anyone as an expert in hate crimes? Who invented that?

 

[Huey Grey]

Please show me the christian terrorists that are having people kneel on IED's and blowing them to a million bits.

You got us there. Our christians only rounded up black people and hanged them.

 

[Hawk in SEC Country]

You got us there. Our christians only rounded up black people and hanged them.

In the name of christianity? When.

 

[mstp1992]

In the name of christianity? When.

Here's one man's opinion.

Here's one woman's opinion.

And another look at the role religion played in lynchings in the South during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

AK Bailey & KA Snedker (2011)

 

[rocketclone]

LOL LOL that is some funny stuff there hit the nail right on the head.......LOL

 

[rocketclone]

Here's one man's opinion.

Here's one woman's opinion.

And another look at the role religion played in lynchings in the South during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

AK Bailey & KA Snedker (2011)

Is the year 2015??? I am lost.............

 

[LifelongHawk]

Taking the Reagan/Atwater southern strategy national. Nothing wrong with it, it represents a significant demographic.

 

[mstp1992]

Is the year 2015??? I am lost.............

You got us there. Our christians only rounded up black people and hanged them.

In the name of christianity? When.

As you can see, Hawk in SEC Country asked "When." I provided some links to potential answers.

 

[Vroom_C14]

I don't know if Trump is a racist or not, but he's worse than that in my mind. Like the Birthers he runs with and inspires he manipulates the darkest, basest emotions and fears in some people. An individual racist I can handle, one that inspires racists to mobilize and procreate is truly scary.

WHat do the others running for POTUS do? The same fear, darkest basest emotions...

So you must hate rev sharpton, the lawyer from baltimore, etc?

 

[NoleSoup4U]

 

[Vroom_C14]

As you can see, Hawk in SEC Country asked "When." I provided some links to potential answers.

Huey, do you think the blacks are angry at those that rounded them up and sold them as slaves?


Today it is politically correct to blame some European empires and the USA for slavery (forgetting that it was practiced by everybody since prehistoric times). But I rarely read the other side of the story: that the nations who were the first to develop a repulsion for slavery and eventually abolish slavery were precisely those countries (especially Britain and the USA). In 1787 the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade was founded in England: it was the first society anywhere in the world opposed to slavery. In 1792 English prime minister William Pitt called publicly for the end of the slave trade: it was the first time in history (anywhere in the world) that the ruler of a country had called for the abolition of slavery. No African king and emperor had ever done so. As Dinesh D'Souza wrote, "What is uniquely Western is not slavery but the movement to abolish slavery".


Of course, what was also (horribly) unique about the Western slave trade is the scale (the millions shipped to another continent in a relatively short period of time), and, of course, that it eventually became a racist affair, discriminating blacks, whereas previous slave trades had not discriminated based on the color of the skin. What is unique about the USA, in particular, is the unfair treatment that blacks received AFTER emancipation (which is, after all, the real source of the whole controversy, because, otherwise, just about everybody on this planet can claim to be the descendant of an ancient slave).
That does not mean that western slave traders were justified in what they did, but placing all the blame on them is a way to absolve all the others.
Also, it is worth noting that the death rate among the white crews of the slave ships (20-25%) was higher than the rate among black slaves (15%) because slaves were more valuable than sailors but nobody has written books and filmed epics about those sailors (often unwillingly enrolled or even kidnapped in ports around Europe when they were drunk).
To this day, too many Africans, Arabs and Europeans believe that the African slave trade was an aberration of the USA, not their own invention.

By the time the slave trade was abolished in the West, there were many more slaves in Africa (black slaves of black owners) than in the Americas.

Really good read on a horrific WORLD history.

http://www.scaruffi.com/politics/slavetra.html
.

 

[Hawk in SEC Country]

As you can see, Hawk in SEC Country asked "When." I provided some links to potential answers.

How about something to match what is going on TODAY. What we are experiencing is in the present...not the distant past.

 

[Hawk in SEC Country]

You got us there. Our christians only rounded up black people and hanged them.

And Margaret Sanger wanted to make sure they never got to take their first breath.....But you'll defend her words and actions as "the popular mindset of the time".

 

[rocketclone]

As you can see, Hawk in SEC Country asked "When." I provided some links to potential answers.

Good lord had to back a LLLLOOOOONNNNGGGGGG ways...........how about we focus on where we are at now.

 

[aflachawk]

I don't know if Trump is a racist or not, but he's worse than that in my mind. Like the Birthers he runs with and inspires he manipulates the darkest, basest emotions and fears in some people. An individual racist I can handle, one that inspires racists to mobilize and procreate is truly scary.

I agree with all that but most of the fear mongers are on the Democratic side of the capital.

 

[CarolinaHawkeye]

Please show me the christian terrorists that are having people kneel on IED's and blowing them to a million bits.

I would but I would miss you too much.

 

[mstp1992]

Good lord had to back a LLLLOOOOONNNNGGGGGG ways...........how about we focus on where we are at now.

He simply said "When". I provided something that addressed the question as it was asked. Had he said something that indicated he meant NOW then that's an entirely different question.

Sheesh, you need to brush up on your reading comprehension.

 

[mstp1992]

How about something to match what is going on TODAY. What we are experiencing is in the present...not the distant past.

Why didn't you say so in the first place?

There was a comment about Christians lynching blacks.

You asked "when."

I provided some potential answers.

For future reference, if you want answers to specific questions, then be specific.

 

[LuckyNed]

The author is a kook.

 

[Hawk in SEC Country]

Why didn't you say so in the first place?

There was a comment about Christians lynching blacks.

You asked "when."

I provided some potential answers.

For future reference, if you want answers to specific questions, then be specific.

Dude, seriously? We aren't talking in historic terms...we are talking about the here and now.

 

[thewop]

Donald Trump is the new face of white supremacy,” says hate crime expert.
August 24, 2015

Before you think this article is “just one liberal’s opinion,” let me briefly say I have dedicated my life to studying racism. I earned my PhD from Emory University in 1995 after spending several years doing ethnographic field studies of white supremacist groups. I have published books and articles in peer-reviewed journals on the subject and have appeared on more TV shows than I can remember discussing how hate works. In my 20 years at Portland State University, I interviewed scores of committed racists, from teenage skinheads to racist murderers and founders of Nazi prison gangs. So when I say that presidential candidate Donald Trump is a racist hate-monger it’s not just a political pejorative. He has a constitutional right to hold and express racist views, but using those views to manipulate the intellectually vulnerable and mobilize active bigots requires a coherent response. As an expert on hate, I am more than comfortable stating that either Trump is a virulent racist or that he is willing to perform racism and use racism of others to advance his political position.

Trump represents a frightening trend of convenient racism rooted a belief that America was great before ethnic and racial minorities, women, and sexual minorities wanted equal rights. (What Trump calls “political correctness.”) These people will say that “racism is wrong, but…” or “I’m not a racist, but…” and then something deeply racist follows. They’ll say that “all lives matter,” in the face of the movement to acknowledge the devaluing of black lives. They’ll say they are not homophobes, just for “religious freedom” (an argument the KKK still makes). They’ll say they’re not Islamaphobes, just against terrorism (ignoring the carnage done by domestic, often Christian, terrorists). And they’ll say that they are not bigots, just opposed to illegal immigration (of brown people). It’s a kinder, gentler form of bigotry, but it’s still bigotry. And Donald Trump is the new Father Coughlin and he wants to be free of the political correctness that would stand in the way of his bigotry. (At least he’s abandoned the GOP’s “go after the gays” mantra from the last election.)

Are there any conservative republican "hate crime experts?" Just curious.

 

[jscott78]

Dude, seriously? We aren't talking in historic terms...we are talking about the here and now.

Bunch a jesuits shut down key portions of the voting rights act and will pretty much end the one man one vote principle in their next term. Yee haw, yee haw says the white folk on their way into church.

 

[mstp1992]

Dude, seriously? We aren't talking in historic terms...we are talking about the here and now.

Huey said "our Christians only rounded up black people and hanged them."

Please notice the verb tense: past tense. In other words some time prior to now.

You then asked "when" suggesting this was something you were unaware of.

Being the nice guy that I am I chose to provide you with some thoughts on the topic and the role Christianity played in southern lynchings.

 

[Hawk in SEC Country]

Bunch a jesuits shut down key portions of the voting rights act and will pretty much end the one man one vote principle in their next term. Yee haw, yee haw says the white folk on their way into church.

one of these days you'll make sense.