I think white nationalism isn't really very much to do with the Churches in America apart from a very small sub-set. If you look at the comments about dating apps, I believe Grindr has few church-goers, and white racism appears to be pretty prevalent there too. Media led, internet led, networked and marketed as hard as possible. The Neo-Nazi websites talked about the future being young people, therefore college campuses too. In this sense it is unlike radical Islam, which is nurtured to some extent in the places of worship. The Pastors and Preachers and Reverends who have personal racist views I'm sure don't hold back, but the structural underpinning is the internet and media. It's partly how you frame the question, as we know from that perfect "Yes Minister" episode.
The rise of the Far Right began with the withering away of the Klan (and it's various associates) when the disaffected white racists no longer had a popular focus. But Timothy McVeigh provides a marking post proving this isn't just some new thing. What has changed is the way funding and support can come from across the web, and other interesting facts of web-manipulation which mean that according to todays Guardian:
"However viewers of Peterson’s videos arrived at his YouTube channel, research by the Guardian suggests they can quickly be pulled into alarming content.
Within just a few clicks of supposedly “related” content, a viewer watching a [Professor Jordan] Peterson lecture can end up on a video entitled “How Savage Are Blacks In America & Why Is Everyone Afraid To Discuss It?”"*
Now I'm not going to accuse the internet of being systemically racist... But algorithms are written by people. It has taken me quite a long time to realise the extent of racism inherent and embedded in our culture, even when individuals aren't necessarily racist at all. How to manage the Neo-Nazis into civilisation is a big question, but it has to be done. Because, alas, they are people too, and in America, too big a minority to merely sideline, ignore, or use police brutality to keep in check. Besides which the police all ready have their hands full in shooting and oppressing other folk of significantly less criminality.
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The rise of the Far Right began with the withering away of the Klan (and it's various associates) when the disaffected white racists no longer had a popular focus. But Timothy McVeigh provides a marking post proving this isn't just some new thing. What has changed is the way funding and support can come from across the web, and other interesting facts of web-manipulation which mean that according to todays Guardian:
"However viewers of Peterson’s videos arrived at his YouTube channel, research by the Guardian suggests they can quickly be pulled into alarming content.
Within just a few clicks of supposedly “related” content, a viewer watching a [Professor Jordan] Peterson lecture can end up on a video entitled “How Savage Are Blacks In America & Why Is Everyone Afraid To Discuss It?”"*
Now I'm not going to accuse the internet of being systemically racist... But algorithms are written by people. It has taken me quite a long time to realise the extent of racism inherent and embedded in our culture, even when individuals aren't necessarily racist at all. How to manage the Neo-Nazis into civilisation is a big question, but it has to be done. Because, alas, they are people too, and in America, too big a minority to merely sideline, ignore, or use police brutality to keep in check. Besides which the police all ready have their hands full in shooting and oppressing other folk of significantly less criminality.
* https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/aug/13/james-damore-google-memo-youtube-white-men-radicalization