Posted on Apr 28, 2019
White nationalists interrupt Antiracist Book Festival at Politics and Prose | WTOP
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A small group of white nationalists interrupted a book talk Saturday at D.C.’s popular Politics and Prose bookstore during event for the Antiracist Book Festival.
The interruption came while author Jonathan Metzl was discussing his latest book, “The Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America’s Heartland,” at the Connecticut Avenue Politics and Prose location.
Metzl is a professor of psychology and sociology at Vanderbilt University.
A witness to the event told WTOP that while Metzl spoke in front of people attending the festival, a crowd of less than a dozen people — one carrying a megaphone — walked up to the stage and chanted “this land is our land” repeatedly before walking out of the bookstore in a single-file line.
The interruption came while author Jonathan Metzl was discussing his latest book, “The Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America’s Heartland,” at the Connecticut Avenue Politics and Prose location.
Metzl is a professor of psychology and sociology at Vanderbilt University.
A witness to the event told WTOP that while Metzl spoke in front of people attending the festival, a crowd of less than a dozen people — one carrying a megaphone — walked up to the stage and chanted “this land is our land” repeatedly before walking out of the bookstore in a single-file line.
White nationalists interrupt Antiracist Book Festival at Politics and Prose | WTOP
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I hate to quibble, but the "white nationalists" were dressed wrong, groomed wrong, were very nervous and self conscious and non-confrontational to the point of avoiding eye contact, and made a nearly token appearance and quickly departed. No flags or flag patches. All points arguing against authenticity.
Something smells like Jussie Smollett around here. Just my opinion, of course.
Something smells like Jussie Smollett around here. Just my opinion, of course.
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I celebrate differences of opinion and believe we all fight for our abilities to speak out about what we believe. We should engage people with differences and have discussions so we can learn about their points of view. Most people will respect you and have a free and open dialogue. You learn from them and they learn from you and maybe just maybe we all become better people. I dislike the shouting down of ones opinions and unfortunately this is the way of the far left today. My perception, which may be wrong, is they found out this was pretty effective during President George W. Bush's terms and have been escalating ever since. Not sure what white nationalists means in this article, but we are just too darn hyper-focused on race in our country. We're all just Americans or we aren't. The more we focus on all the things that differentiate us the more we defeat ourselves from the inside and leave ourselves open to overthrowel. God bless America.
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