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

Summary:

"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, It Can Happen Here 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. "It Can Happen Here" 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." --Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781479808014
ISBN: 1479808016
ISBN: 9781479808052
ISBN: 1479808059
Physical Description: x, 287 pages ; 23 cm
Publisher: New York : New York University Press, [2021]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-268) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction: The snake -- Charlottesville teach-in -- The hater -- White genocide -- Could it happen here? -- Can it be prevented -- Epilogue: The bird.