The presidential election saw the coalescence of a new political group, the “alt-right,” described most often as an offshoot of conservatism mixing racism, white nationalism and populism.
Now, college campuses are seeing the alt-right as well.
At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a student is seeking to start an alt-right group on the campus. The student is a 33-year-old man who served time in a federal prison for the racially motivated arson of two African-American churches in 2005. In a video pitch to fellow students, he explains he wants to start a “pro white student club” to combat “anti-white racism.”
Concerned over the student’s past and his plan to launch an alt-white group at the school, UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank sent out a message to the campus Thursday, sparking a discussion about the appropriate response to such a request.
To read more, go to the AJC Get Schooled blog.
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