As per a new report from the Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism, white supremacist propaganda has hit an all-time high in the year 2020. As per a new report from the Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism, white supremacist propaganda has hit an all-time high in the year 2020. The report has tracked the racist propaganda for decades. In the year 2020, anti-Semitic, racist and anti-LGBTQ+ posters, flyers and graffiti were recorded 5,125 times. This is almost twice the number that was recorded in 2019. The report focuses on incidents in every state excluding Hawaii. The report comprises 130 incidents of white supremacists involving banners, 56 in-person white supremacist events and 283 incidents of anti-semitic language or propaganda that specifically targeted Jewish institutions. This is a 68 per cent increase from what was seen in 2019. As per the reports, the highest level of such activity has been recorded in Texas, Washington, California, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Virginia and Pennsylvania. The report provides a visual representation of the propaganda distribution efforts by geographic location. It can be used to highlight other specific trends.
via republicworld: White Supremacist Propaganda Reached Alarming Levels Across US In 2020, Says Report
siehe auch: White Supremacist Propaganda Spikes in 2020. ADL’s Center on Extremism (COE) tracked a near-doubling of white supremacist propaganda efforts in 2020, which included the distribution of racist, antisemitic and anti-LGBTQ fliers, stickers, banners and posters. The 2020 data shows a huge increase of incidents from the previous year, with a total of 5,125 cases reported (averaging more than 14 incidents per day), compared to 2,724 in 2019. This is the highest number of white supremacist propaganda incidents ADL has ever recorded. The number of propaganda incidents on college campuses dropped by more than half, perhaps due to COVID restrictions. Propaganda gives white supremacists the ability to maximize media and online attention, while limiting the risk of individual exposure, negative media coverage, arrests and public backlash that often accompanies more public events. The barrage of propaganda, which overwhelmingly features veiled white supremacist language with a patriotic slant, is an effort to normalize white supremacists’ message and bolster recruitment efforts while targeting minority groups including Jews, Blacks, Muslims, non-white immigrants, and the LGBTQ community. The 2020 propaganda appeared in every state except Hawaii, with the highest levels of activity in Texas, Washington, California, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Virginia and Pennsylvania. ADL’S H.E.A.T. Map provides a visual representation of the propaganda distribution efforts by geographic location and can be used to highlight other specific trends.
