Donald Trump’s casual rhetoric of genetic superiority, his stable of advisers touting the supremacy of white Western culture, his hesitance to denounce supporters like David Duke and the alt-right — all this has reenergised advocates of scientific racism, writes research associate Dr Nicole Hemmer for Vox.
Election Watch 202428 March 2017
“Scientific racism” is on the rise on the right, but it’s been lurking there for years
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Dr Nicole Hemmer
Honorary AssociateUnited States Studies Centre