Article 5ZAH2 What is ‘great replacement’ theory and how did its racist lies spread in the US?

What is ‘great replacement’ theory and how did its racist lies spread in the US?

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Ed Pilkington
from US news | The Guardian on (#5ZAH2)

Buffalo gunman is suspected of posting a 180-page racist diatribe in which he repeatedly referenced the extremist conspiracy theory

Why are we talking about the great replacement' theory?

On Saturday, a white man armed with an AR-15-style rifle entered a supermarket in Buffalo in New York state and killed 10 people, almost all of whom were African American. The gunman is suspected of having posted a 180-page racist diatribe in which he repeatedly referenced the extremist conspiracy theory known as the great replacement".

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