ABSTRACT

The purported utopian multiculture of the Obama era has shown itself to be little more than a postracial fantasy with structural racism persisting and indeed intensifying. The short-lived illusion of harmony and “progress” experienced a significant rupture with the “white backlash” in 2010 and evolved into a pervasive social force with Trump’s election. This article analyses the resurgence of a mainstreaming white nationalism following the 2016 presidential election using data drawn from websites, interviews with and publications by the alt-right. Through the concept of metapolitical whiteness, it argues that a new conjuncture of white racial politics has emerged since 2016. This is predicated on the normalization of white supremacist discourse which utilizes novel forms of disseminating its message to a younger demographic. Ultimately, it contends that white supremacist discourse is re-entering mainstream political discourse and popular culture through ironic comedy and differentialist discursive strategies borrowed from the French new right.

摘要

奥巴马时代所谓的乌托邦多元文化已经表明，自己不过是种族后幻想，结构性种族主义持续存在并且确实在加剧。和谐的短暂幻觉和“进步”经历了2010年的“白色反弹”的严重破裂，并与特朗普的选举演变为普遍的社会力量。本文使用从另类右翼人士的网站，采访和出版物中收集的数据，分析了在2016年总统大选之后主流白人民族主义的复兴。通过元政治白度的概念，它认为自2016年以来出现了新的白人种族政治结局。这是基于白人至上主义话语的规范化，该话语利用新颖的形式将其信息传播给年轻的人群。最终，