More important than debating whether or not this phenomenon of Black and brown white supremacists is real – it is, despite efforts in conservative circles to paint it as false or ridiculous – is understanding how it has emerged.

All point to a real and potentially growing phenomenon: white supremacy is not only perpetuated by white people. Add to these incidents a variety of cases that range from Enrique Tarrio, the Afro-Cuban American leader of the Proud Boys, to the Nazi propaganda of the artist formerly known as Kanye West. Kandula, an Indian American man from Missouri, later discussed with authorities his plan to attack President Biden, and his admiration for Hitler. That mix of anger and disbelief was recently repeated when 19-year-old Sai Varshith Kandula was arrested after crashing a U-Haul van into a barrier near the White House while carrying a Nazi flag. The revelation of a Latino neo-Nazi elicited a host of reactions, from anger to confusion to incredulity.

He was also a vocal white supremacist who revelled in neo-Nazi paraphernalia and posted messages online about a coming race war. The shooter, while not an illegal immigrant, was indeed Hispanic. Two competing narratives arose: one of the shooter as a white supremacist, representing another violent racist attack the other, of a Hispanic gunman, feeding into fears about immigration and violence.Īs more information emerged about the gunman, eventually identified as a 33-year-old former US Army recruit named Mauricio Garcia, the two narratives merged. In the early hours that followed yet another mass shooting in the United States – this time targeting an outlet mall in Allen, Texas – rumours and speculation spread about the shooter’s identity and motives.

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