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What is the 'Great Replacement' conspiracy theory?

Is the far-right conspiracy theory going global?

The suspect in Saturday’s killing of ten people at a Buffalo supermarket allegedly wrote a document endorsing the Great Replacement Theory. It’s a racist far-right conspiracy theory that falsely states there’s a secret plan to replace white people through increased immigration and other means. In the United States some politicians and mainstream media figures like Tucker Carlson of Fox News are accused of pushing a version of the theory when they insist Democratic Party immigration policies have the same aim. In Europe too, fears that white, Christian culture is being undermined have been stoked by far-right politicians across the continent. So how has Great Replacement Theory evolved? Is the basic philosophy behind it going mainstream? And what can and should be done to address the fears of people concerned about demographic change?

Ritula Shah is joined by a panel of expert guests.
Producers: Paul Schuster and Ellen Otzen.

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49 minutes

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Sat 21 May 2022 14:06GMT

Contributors

Vidhya Ramalingam - Founder of Moonshot, a company that uses technology to disrupt and counter violent extremism globally

Jacob Davey - Head of Research for Far-right and Hate Movements at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue - . He joins us from London

Dr Adolphus Belk Jr - Professor of Political Science and African American studies at Winthrop University in South Carolina

Also featuring:

Professor Cas Mudde - Professor of International Affairs, University of Georgia

Pastor Mark Burns - A Christian evangelical preacher and prominent supporter of former president Donald Trump

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