The Great Replacement Theory
<p>The Republican Party scheduled the first televised debate on Wednesday, August 23, 2023. Donald Trump elected to skip the debate, appearing instead in a pre-taped interview with Tucker Carlson, the fired Fox News host known for espousing his white supremacist views, notably the “Great Replacement Theory.” The theory suggests white people are being replaced by Jewish people and other minorities, a threat to white power.</p>
<p>This story has four parts; an uproar on the campus of Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, GA; the French origins of the theory; how it infiltrated the Trump White administration and American foreign policy, and finally, a mass shooter in Buffalo, NY targeting Black people because of what he read about Great Replacement.</p>
<p>Georgia Southern University began its life in 1906 as the First District Agricultural & Mechanical School, which as was the norm at that time, was only open to white students. It’s about an hour northwest of Savannah, GA, and a part of the University of Georgia system. The school now has about 20,000 students, including campuses in Hinesville, GA, and Savannah, GA. It is reported to have a “sizable black population and “medium” diversity.</p>
<p>Apparently, a novel called “Make Your Home Among Strangers,” by Jennine Capó Crucet, is required reading for some first-year students, and they were fortunate enough to have the author come to the school for a reading and signing. The book is about the experiences of a first-generation Cuban American woman struggling to navigate a mostly white elite college.</p>
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