The 2025 MLT Aikins St. Paul’s College University Affiliation Lecture

Описание: White Power and the Rising Threat of Great Replacement Hate

In this Lecture, Dr. Alex Hinton courageously addresses the far-reaching social implications of the rise of hate as illustrated by events ranging from the inflammatory rhetoric of far-right media and politicians, conspiracy theories, derogatory labelling and what the Center on Extremism defined as the rise of ‘right-wing extremist terror.’

Building on his book It Can Happen Here: White Power and the Rising Threat of Genocide in the U.S. (2021, NYU Press), Dr. Hinton will trace these connections and consider the dark implications when people believe that they are being replaced.

A key feature of his argument is that the belief that one is being replaced fosters fear and leads to a culture of hate. At its extreme, fear and hate can lead to genocide. Hence Dr. Hinton’s book where he flips Sinclair Lewis’ (1935) political novel “It Can’t Happen Here” with his uneasy evidence-based provocation that “It Can Happen Here…”
We invite you to come and engage in a conversation with Dr. Hinton as he outlines his thoughts on the social consequences of fostering fear and hate. And what do we need to do when confronted with conditions that promote fear and hate?