"This Is a Racial Backlash": Stanford Prof. Hakeem Jefferson on Role of White Supremacy in Capitol Attack
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#674YH)

The House select committee on the January 6 attack released its final 845-page report Thursday, and the word racism" appears only once throughout the entire document - despite the central role white supremacist groups played in the insurrection. Those who stormed the Capitol ... didn't merely come in defense of Donald Trump," says Stanford professor Hakeem Jefferson, an expert on issues of race and identity in American politics. They came in defense of white supremacy and white Americans' hold on power."