A 'Mainstreaming Of Bigotry' As White Extremism Reveals Its Global Reach
In the aftermath of the New Zealand mosque shootings, experts who monitor hate groups say violent white extremism is on the rise and is the most prominent threat.
by Kirk Siegler
Mar 16, 2019
2 minutes
Experts who monitor hate groups say the attacks on Friday at the mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, follow a sharp rise in violent white extremism around the globe and especially in the United States.
"They operate in an ideological world of people that reinforce each other's ideas but may never actually meet each other in person," says Kathy Blee, who studies white extremism at
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