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It can happen here : white power and the rising threat of genocide in the US / Alexander Laban Hinton.

by Hinton, Alexander Laban.

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NYU Press, 2021.

Unite the Right Rally, Charlottesville, Va., 2017.

White supremacy movements -- United States -- History.

Political violence -- United States.

Right-wing extremists -- United States.

United States -- Race relations -- 21st century.

9781479808014 (hc.)

Alternate title:

White power and the rising threat of genocide in the US

304 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"If many people were shocked by Trump's 2016 election, many more were stunned when, months later, white power extremists took to the streets of Charlottesville chanting "blood and soil" and "Jews will not replace us!" Like Trump, the Charlottesville marchers were dismissed as aberrations -- the momentary appearance of "racists" and "haters" who didn't represent the real U.S. Rather than being exceptional, the book argues these events are symptoms of the country's long history of systemic white supremacy, genocide, and atrocity crimes. And there is a high likelihood that such violence will occur here again. This reality, "It can happen here" demonstrates, is a key post-mortem lesson we have learned from the 2016-2020 Trump presidency. The book breaks new ground by raising the alarm about the on-going threat of genocide and mass violence in the U.S. as well as considering path forward for repair. Written from a public anthropology perspective, it is also the field's first book to explore contemporary white power extremism in the U.S."

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