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White Supremacist Groups see Trump Bump
When it comes to discriminatory laws, there is a difference between discriminatory intent and discriminatory effect. I see a similar trend going with Trump. I do not necessarily believe that Trump or his policies are racist in their intent; however, it is quite clear that they are racist in the effect. Furthermore, it is quite clear that, irregardless of Trump's alleged stance with regards to racism, there are racist groups which explicitly benefiting and using Trump to further their political aims.
Continued support for trump will only further encourage these types of movements.
The Ku Klux Klan is using Donald Trump as a talking point in its outreach efforts. Stormfront, the most prominent American white supremacist website, is upgrading its servers in part to cope with a Trump traffic spike. And former Louisiana Rep. David Duke reports that the businessman has given more Americans cover to speak out loud about white nationalism than at any time since his own political campaigns in the 1990s.
"Demoralization has been the biggest enemy and Trump is changing all that,” said Stormfront founder Don Black, who reports additional listeners and call volume to his phone-in radio show, in addition to the site’s traffic bump. Black predicts that the white nationalist forces set in motion by Trump will be a legacy that outlives the businessman’s political career. “He’s certainly creating a movement that will continue independently of him even if he does fold at some point.”
When it comes to discriminatory laws, there is a difference between discriminatory intent and discriminatory effect. I see a similar trend going with Trump. I do not necessarily believe that Trump or his policies are racist in their intent; however, it is quite clear that they are racist in the effect. Furthermore, it is quite clear that, irregardless of Trump's alleged stance with regards to racism, there are racist groups which explicitly benefiting and using Trump to further their political aims.
Continued support for trump will only further encourage these types of movements.