Trump Mainstreaming White Supremacist Propaganda

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White genocide, a transnational white supremacist conspiracy theory, claims that white people are being subjected to a systematic “genocide” often due to immigration and interracial marriage, which extremists claim will lead to the end of the white race. It shares an ideological similarity to the “Great Replacement” conspiracy theory, which blames “elites,” often meaning “Jews,” for plotting to “replace” white people with migrants or those of non-European descent.

White genocide was coined by a Reagan appointee to the Office of Personnel Management Bob Whitaker (who also coined the term “anti-white”), who would later run his own white supremacist group. The term was popularized by American neo-Nazi, KKK member, and domestic terrorist David Lane, who murdered a Jewish radio host in 1984, in his “White Genocide Manifesto,” which he wrote while imprisoned. Lane also coined the 14 words, “We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children,” a slogan used by many racist extremist groups and individuals to convey their own genocidal ambitions.

“White genocide” has been used by believers in the “Great Replacement” conspiracy theory to commit heinous acts of hateful violence. The Christchurch, New Zealand, shooter, who in 2019 murdered 51 people at two separate mosques, wrote in his manifesto, titled “The Great Replacement,” “This is ethnic replacement. This is cultural replacement. This is racial replacement. This is WHITE GENOCIDE.”

Trump’s recent declaration that South Africa is committing a “genocide” against white farmers represents the mainstreaming of a concept once popular only within neo-Nazi and white supremacist circles. Not only is the President invoking white genocide indicative of a terrifying alignment with the ideologies of violent extremists, but it is completely baseless and categorically false. Trump claimed that this “genocide” was taking place based on white farmers being “brutally killed.” According to the BBC, almost 7,000 people were murdered in South Africa between October and December 2024, with twelve being killed in farm attacks (only one of the twelve was a farmer, with the rest being farm dwellers and employees, who were likely black).

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