'The Proud Boys fit into an American tradition of far-right hate groups, but the Internet has enabled disparate groups from all across the country to find support in their message of "western chauvinism." Also interestingly, the Proud Boys seem to have an ability to attract men of color, which seems at odds with groups that borrow heavily from a white supremacist ideology.
Tanya Hernández, professor of law at Fordham University and the author of the forthcoming book
Multiracials and Civil Rights, and
David Neiwert, author of
Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump, and correspondent for the Southern Poverty Law Center, join the program to help make sense of this current phenomenon.' --
The Takeaway
Published on October 19, 2018 20:11