ABSTRACT
In Greece, France, Poland, Austria, and Germany, among other nations, right-wing extremists have used the hateful discourse of racism, xenophobia, and white nationalism to demonize immigrants and undermine democratic modes of rule and policies. Commenting on Donald Trump's convention speech, columnist Eugene Robinson argued that his talk added up to what few journalists were willing to acknowledge—"a notorious white supremacist account". Nebulous bureaucratic terms like "white privilege" have been substituted for "white supremacy", or "micro-aggressions" for "casual racism". Far from a recent ideological and racist turn in order to win over white voters, Trump has a long history of racial discrimination, especially in his developing housing empire. Racial profiling has been challenged by the courts as unconstitutional and racist. Trump joins a growing global movement of racial exclusion, one that is on the march spewing hatred, embracing forms of anti-Semitism, white supremacy, and a deep-seated disdain for any form of justice on the side of democracy.
