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Today's white working-class young men who turn to racist violence are part of a long, sad American history

  • Written by Colin Kohlhaas, Doctoral Candidate, History, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Today's white working-class young men who turn to racist violence are part of a long, sad American historyDressed in orange prison garb, Payton Gendron is sentenced to life in prison for the murder of 10 Black people in Buffalo, N.Y. Derek Gee/Buffalo News/Pool via Xinhua

In recent years, the United States has seen a surge of white supremacist mass shootings against racial minorities. While not always the case, mass shooters tend to be young white men....

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