Derek thought the white race was facing imminent decline and singular racial persecution. She believed minorities had a harder time in the United States because they were victims of structural racism and oppression; he believed people of color were more likely to struggle because of their own biological deficiencies. She thought greater diversity made for stronger communities; he found diversity so threatening that, at least theoretically, he wanted to separate people by skin color onto different continents, even if that meant disrupting millions of lives.
