MSNBC’s Hall Explains How White Nationalists Use Term “Alt-Right” As A “Marketing Campaign” To Improve Their I
MSNBC’s Hall Explains How White Nationalists Use Term “Alt-Right” As A “Marketing Campaign” To Improve Their Image
TV One’s Roland Martin: “Alt-Right” Should Be Called “White Nationalist, Because That’s What It Speaks To”
Video ››› November 22, 2016 1:34 PM EST ››› MEDIA MATTERS STAFF
TAMRON HALL (HOST): You just, Roland, interviewed Richard Spencer. Curiously, he refers to himself as "alt-right," not a white nationalist, how does he make the difference between the two?
ROLAND MARTIN: Well, frankly, he essentially confirmed he is a white nationalist, he said he prefers “alt-right,” but then went on to explain that "oh, I'm concerned about my people, folks who are of European descent, and I’m fighting for my people." That's white nationalism. Now, he did say he's not a white supremacist, but he danced around the whole issue of being a white nationalist.
HALL: You've interviewed presidents, you've interviewed the candidates. I'm curious, Richard Spencer, why he decided to talk to you.
MARTIN: Well, this is the second time I've interviewed him. We talked earlier in the campaign, I also had one of the "white lives matter" activists on, and in my career I’ve interviewed Klansmen as well, and look, here's a guy who is trying to get maximum exposure for what they're doing, and he is certainly someone who is to the extreme. But what's important for us in media to understand is that there are a significant number of people who also maintain the same perspective, that what we're seeing is sort of loss in white culture. In 2009, when I was at CNN, John Avlon from The Daily Beast and I were talking, and I told him, I said, "John what we're about to face with the election of President Barack Obama is the beginning stages of white minority resistance. As America becomes more a majority minority, you're going to see this," and that's what we're seeing. And see, we're even normalizing it by calling "alt-right." What does that even mean? When, for the last 40, 50 years, we've called it "white nationalist," or "white supremacist."
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TV One’s Roland Martin: “Alt-Right” Should Be Called “White Nationalist, Because That’s What It Speaks To”
Video ››› November 22, 2016 1:34 PM EST ››› MEDIA MATTERS STAFF
TAMRON HALL (HOST): You just, Roland, interviewed Richard Spencer. Curiously, he refers to himself as "alt-right," not a white nationalist, how does he make the difference between the two?
ROLAND MARTIN: Well, frankly, he essentially confirmed he is a white nationalist, he said he prefers “alt-right,” but then went on to explain that "oh, I'm concerned about my people, folks who are of European descent, and I’m fighting for my people." That's white nationalism. Now, he did say he's not a white supremacist, but he danced around the whole issue of being a white nationalist.
HALL: You've interviewed presidents, you've interviewed the candidates. I'm curious, Richard Spencer, why he decided to talk to you.
MARTIN: Well, this is the second time I've interviewed him. We talked earlier in the campaign, I also had one of the "white lives matter" activists on, and in my career I’ve interviewed Klansmen as well, and look, here's a guy who is trying to get maximum exposure for what they're doing, and he is certainly someone who is to the extreme. But what's important for us in media to understand is that there are a significant number of people who also maintain the same perspective, that what we're seeing is sort of loss in white culture. In 2009, when I was at CNN, John Avlon from The Daily Beast and I were talking, and I told him, I said, "John what we're about to face with the election of President Barack Obama is the beginning stages of white minority resistance. As America becomes more a majority minority, you're going to see this," and that's what we're seeing. And see, we're even normalizing it by calling "alt-right." What does that even mean? When, for the last 40, 50 years, we've called it "white nationalist," or "white supremacist."
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TAMRON HALL..OO...is the Intelligent Professional JOURNALIST
------"Richard Spencer refers to himself as "alt-right," not a white nationalist,
how does he make the difference between the two? ..."
rolandMartin is the non ANSWERING ... assumptionist in Charge ?
"....Well, frankly, he essentially confirmed he is a white nationalist.....????
he said he prefers “alt-right,” but then went on to explain that
"oh, I'm concerned about my people, folks who are of European descent, and I’m fighting for my people."
That's white nationalism. (assumpter in Charge)
Now, he did say he's not a white supremacist, but he danced around the whole issue of being a white nationalist.