Today’s Anti-Asian Bigotry Has Deep Roots In American History
Over the past several months, America’s East Asian community has received a rude awakening – or at least anyone who happens to look “Chinese.” For a long time, Asian-Americans were…
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The Complex Role of Racism Within the Radical Right
Several political parties and governments around the world have centered their commitment to countering the radical right on tackling hate and racism. The most recent example was the announcement by the German…
“My grandpa was murdered in a concentration camp, my daughter shot in Hanau.”- The role of Nazi ideology in radical right terror in contemporary Germany
On 19 February 2021, Germany commemorated the anniversary of the right-wing terror attack in Hanau, in which Gökhan Gültekin, Sedat Gürbüz, Said Nesar Hashemi, Mercedes Kierpacz, Hamza Kurtović, Vili Viorel…
Right Rising Podcast (Season One, Episode Five): Incel Culture and Deplatforming
About this Episode Host: Augusta Dell’Omo Guest: Dr Julia DeCook Guest Dr. Julia DeCook joins Right Rising to discuss the growth of incel culture online. Along with host Augusta Dell’Omo,…
The Trump Administration Targets Critical Race Theory
In his latest attack on democratic values and principles, US President Donald Trump issued executive orders purging critical race theory (CRT) from diversity training in US federal agencies. According to the…
Did a French Far-Right Thinker Predict 2020?
The year 2020 has thrown the world into disarray, with a severe pandemic creating many unforeseen challenges. The COVID-19 plague has so far infected nearly 30 million people worldwide, with…
GOP Lawmaker’s Celebration Of KKK Leader Forces Racial Reckoning In Alabama
The backlash to Alabama State Rep. Will Dismukes’s celebration of the 1st KKK Grand Wizard Nathan Bedford Forrest marks a shift in the state — or at least a beginning.…
How The Radical Right Is Mansplaining Black Lives Matter
The Black Lives Matter movement is monumental not only because it has challenged the significance of material monuments to historical racism, but also because it has sparked multiple globalized campaigns…
Two Deaths Raise the Specter of Lynching in California
Given the current heightened atmosphere in the United States, it is hard not to be suspicious of the recent deaths by hanging of two African American men in California. On…
Black people are tired of explaining racism, but why are white people still not speaking out?
For white people to stay silent and do nothing is to remain complicit in the racist structures that one claims to want to change. Many black writers are no longer…