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This chapter analyzes early race thinkers and describes how the media promotes Caucasian nationalism in the Global North by packaging hate messaging. Using principles of reverse psychology and group communication, especially the Johari Window—a communication model used to understand self-disclosure and feedback and to improve a group’s relationship with other groups)—this chapter analyzes the characteristics of hate speech. It shows how social media data and IT platforms advance anti-other sentiments and an egocentric pro-nationalist agenda among Caucasian groups in the Global North, especially Germany and America. Citing television news networks and newspaper coverage of public demonstrations in Europe and America, this chapter portrays the news media establishment as leading agents of hate messaging and suggests eliminating hate speech. The chapter is inspired by the notion that harmful speech leads to lasting harm. Power structures such as the U.S. government can expedite the spread of hate speech and violence against minority populations, endorsing the movement for Caucasian Nationalism in the Global North.
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Ngwainmbi, E.K. (2022). Hate Speech and the Re-emergence of Caucasian Nationalism in the United States. In: Ngwainmbi, E.K. (eds) Dismantling Cultural Borders Through Social Media and Digital Communications. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92212-2_4
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