Nathan Damigo, a former Marine corporal and the founder of a white nationalist organization, is an increasingly sought-after voice in the so-called alt-right movement.
Recently Damigo brought his message of white separatism to an unusual place: an ethnic studies class at Cal State Stanislaus called Searching for America.
Speaking to a crowd filled with black and Latino students, he wove a country song tale of whites becoming an endangered minority in America and compared their plight to Native Americans — before describing his desire for a homeland for whites not unlike Indian reservations.
Damigo and others like him have set their sights in particular on college campuses, eager to take on hostile audience in hopes of getting their message across.
Despite California’s contemporary liberal politics and celebrated diversity, California has a well-established history of racism and racially polarizing efforts.
For decades, the Golden State has been home to the largest racist skinhead population in the country, primarily concentrated in diverse Southern California, according to the Anti-Defamation League.
The state’s history books are filled with cruel treatment of ethnic minority groups, ranging from the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II to exploitative treatment of laborers from Latin America and elsewhere.
Just two decades ago, California voters approved a proposition that would have stripped people in the country illegally of many public benefits.
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