"The white nationalist "great replacement" conspiracy theory was popularized by
French writer Renaud Camus in his 2012 book
Le Grand Remplacement. Often
intermingled with a "white genocide" conspiracy theory, it proposes that a
variety of factors, such as an influx of nonwhite immigrants, multiculturalism, and falling birthrates among white Europeans, will result in white populations losing their position as the dominant demographic.
The conspiracy theory creates a dangerous dynamic in which believers view immigrants and non-white citizens as an existential threat to their communities. And the theory is not a purely academic endeavor; it seeks to mobilize believers into action against their supposed "replacement." This mobilization manifests itself in various ways, including political activism against immigration, efforts to encourage white women to have more children to bolster demographic growth, and, in an extreme form, deadly violence against immigrants and communities of color.
The theory has
reared its head in
violent outbursts such as the murder of 51 people at the Al Noor mosque and Linwood Islamic Center in
Christchurch, New Zealand, the killing of more than 20 mostly Hispanic shoppers in
El Paso, Texas, and the screams of angry young men who shouted "Jews will not replace us; you will not replace us" at the August 2017
Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, where anti-racist demonstrator Heather Heyer was murdered by neo-Nazi James Fields Jr. Field's
online behavior before Unite the Right indicates support for Nazi ideology and white racial purity. "
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