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DonViejo

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Tue Apr 6, 2021, 11:54 AM Apr 2021

Fears of White People Losing Out Permeate Capitol Rioters' Towns, Study Finds [View all]

Source: New York Times/Todays Global Media

April 6, 2021

When the political scientist Robert Pape began studying the issues that motivated the 380 or so people arrested in connection with the attack against the Capitol on Jan. 6, he expected to find that the rioters were driven to violence by the lingering effects of the 2008 Great Recession.

But instead he found something very different: Most of the people who took part in the assault came from places, his polling and demographic data showed, that were awash in fears that the rights of minorities and immigrants were crowding out the rights of white people in American politics and culture.

If Mr. Pape’s initial conclusions — published on Tuesday in The Washington Post — hold true, they would suggest that the Capitol attack has historical echoes reaching back to before the Civil War, he said in an interview over the weekend. In the shorter term, he added, the study would appear to connect Jan. 6 not only to the once-fringe right-wing theory called the Great Replacement, which holds that minorities and immigrants are seeking to take over the country, but also to events like the far-right rally in Charlottesville, Va., in 2017 where crowds of white men marched with torches chanting, “Jews will not replace us!”

“If you look back in history, there has always been a series of far-right extremist movements responding to new waves of immigration to the United States or to movements for civil rights by minority groups,” Mr. Pape said. “You see a common pattern in the Capitol insurrectionists. They are mainly middle-class to upper-middle-class whites who are worried that, as social changes occur around them, they will see a decline in their status in the future.”

Read more: https://todaysglobalmedia.com/politics/fears-of-white-people-losing-out-permeate-capitol-rioters-towns-study-finds/



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Mostly people who live in towns with little or no minorities to speak of. marble falls Apr 2021 #1
+1 dalton99a Apr 2021 #9
Actually, the WaPo article cited Texans in areas that had seen the most loss of white residents. Lonestarblue Apr 2021 #14
I will bet VERY few of those arrested see any minorities that aren't watching their kids, ... marble falls Apr 2021 #16
Not true, many were from liberal cities in California and other places JI7 Apr 2021 #27
The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters. soothsayer Apr 2021 #2
You just gave me some insight into the new Netflix series "The Irregulars" nuxvomica Apr 2021 #24
They don't realize immigrants are just scapegoats used by the real culprits, the rich and powerful, LaMouffette Apr 2021 #3
+1 Delmette2.0 Apr 2021 #17
Bingo But Add Religion DanieRains Apr 2021 #19
Yes, great point not fooled Apr 2021 #21
My mind is permanently blown that Tycoon Trump was able to convince his supporters that LaMouffette Apr 2021 #30
What does this have to do with The New York Times ? pidge Apr 2021 #4
The NYT is the original source of the article. Which was then picked up and published by... DonViejo Apr 2021 #8
Just don't ask us to thank Trump... LanternWaste Apr 2021 #35
Huh ? pidge Apr 2021 #39
I urge people to read "Democracy in Chains" by Nancy MacLean pandr32 Apr 2021 #5
It is the history and #1 dogma of conservatism... Grins Apr 2021 #6
The language of scarcity. Collimator Apr 2021 #15
IF.... Grins Apr 2021 #7
"If you can convince the lowest white man... nycbos Apr 2021 #10
That's why Fox "News" exists Mysterian Apr 2021 #28
I expect many of their families only came here BumRushDaShow Apr 2021 #11
As a white person DownriverDem Apr 2021 #12
The most naive man in the world award goes to Robert Pope hibbing Apr 2021 #13
Seriously. Obvious. betsuni Apr 2021 #34
It makes sense bucolic_frolic Apr 2021 #18
Knuckle draggers and tongue chewers don't have Rush anymore. The anger has been 35 years in making. Evolve Dammit Apr 2021 #20
I'm Asian... Hmongliberal Apr 2021 #22
Welcome to DU. oasis Apr 2021 #38
Basically Plantation Mentality. Everyone in their place. n/t MarcA Apr 2021 #23
'When You're Accustomed to Privilege, Equality Feels Like Oppression' The Mouth Apr 2021 #25
Jesus I wish someone would fund me to come to such a blatantly obvious conclusion. intheflow Apr 2021 #26
Yeah, but the academic studies that show things have their place. summer_in_TX Apr 2021 #37
Anthropologically speaking it's called "Racial resentment", not Racisim. BadGimp Apr 2021 #29
white fear of losing their coveted status is what fuels REPUBLICANS Skittles Apr 2021 #31
Is everyone gobsmacked that the insurrection, at its core, was about race? BobTheSubgenius Apr 2021 #32
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2021 #33
I'm okay with this Random Boomer Apr 2021 #36
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