The world needs to take the white supremacy threat seriously | By Lev Golinkin for CNNOpinion
Lev Golinkin writes on refugee and immigrant identity, as well as Ukraine, Russia, and the far right. He is the author of the memoir"A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka." The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion on CNN.
Last Wednesday, as the country was reeling from yet another massacre caused by a likely domestic terrorist, a CNN exclusive revealed the White House resisted attempts from its own Department of Homeland Security to place a greater emphasis on combatting white terrorism. Lev Golinkin It is easy to feel helpless reading reports like this. But there's much to do beyond grieving. Of course, the White House must heed DHS's warnings about white terror, but the rest of us must act as well. Figures such as the suspected El Paso shooter are part of a network of single-minded individuals driven by hatred. In order to defeat them, decent people across both America and the world must form a network of our own.
Cuomo: White nationalists killing us most at home 04:42Earlier this year, numerous outlets covered comments by Iowa Representative Steve King, including his obsession with a"cultural suicide by demographic transformation." King later said he denounced white supremacy and white nationalism, though many -- including me -- found that hard to believe.
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