The Journalist's Resource's July 2019 roundup of research on white supremacy, updated to empower journalists covering the May 14, 2022, mass shooting in Buffalo, New York.
"Despite a pervasive image of Canada and Canadians as inclusive, diverse and multicultural, there is an alternative Canadian reality that includes violence, hatred and discrimination against minority groups, including Muslims."
South African white supremacists have long bolstered global white victimhood, anti-Black racism, far right extremism and QAnon conspiracy theories. They participated in the deadly Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the United States Capitol by pro-Trump white nationalists, far-right extremists, white supremacists and QAnon adherents.
Last week's assault on the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump white nationalists, far-right extremists, QAnon adherents, and members of white supremacy groups "reflects a long history" of U.S. political leaders encouraging deadly white supremacist violence against democratic governments, writes Shannon M. Smith, a historian of protests and Reconstruction.
In the aftermath of the deadly Jan. 6, 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump white nationalists, far-right extremists, white supremacists, QAnon adherents, and ordinary Americans, Twitter permanently banned outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump to reduce “the risk of further incitement of violence”.
The recent Quebec City mosque shooting, labelled a "terrorist attack" by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, tarnishes Canada's powerful international reputation for racial and religious tolerance.