The rise of white nationalist Hispanics (from 2022)

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https://www.axios.com/2022/03/10/rise-white-nationalist-hispanics-latinos



Nick Fuentes, identified as a "white supremacist" in Justice Department filings, made headlines last week for hosting a white nationalist conference in Florida. His father is also half Mexican American.

The big picture: Fuentes is part of a small but increasingly visible number of far-right provocateurs with Hispanic backgrounds who spread racist, antisemitic messages.

Driving the news: Cuban American Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the Proud Boys, a group the Anti-Defamation League calls an extremist group with a violent agenda, was arrested Tuesday and charged with conspiracy in connection to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

What they're saying: Experts tell Axios far-right extremism within the Latino community stems from three sources: Hispanic Americans who identify as white; the spread of online misinformation; and lingering anti-Black, antisemitic views among U.S. Latinos that are rarely openly discussed.

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1. I just knew from the title who it would be: Fuentes and his moronic Groypers.

The same topic came up last night.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=17892336

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2. Who can forget "White Hispanic" George ZIMMERMAN?!

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3. Irish and Italians weren't originally accepted as "white" in the U.S.

But racists get awfully flexible with their master race metrics when they need to recruit more dupes.

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4. +1

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5. I

I'm an Italian American and was told as recently as 9 years ago that "We don't like your kind out here." Location, 1.5 hours NW of Chicago.