The lessons of the hour: the anti-democratic republican MAGA movement and systemic white racism

2025/06/02 by Joe R. Feagin, Kimberley Ducey · 1 voice · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Australian History and Society #Migration, Refugees, and Integration #Race, History, and American Society

paper · doi:10.1080/01419870.2025.2504616

openalex publication_date 2025/06/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/04

Abstract

Here we examine the resurgence of far-right racial politics in the US through the lens of Donald Trump&s;s “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) movement and its deep ties to systemic white racism. Drawing from historical white backlash patterns, our analysis places Trump&s;s racialized rhetoric and policies within a broader reactionary framework fueled by white demographic anxieties and racial resentment. Trump&s;s political ascendancy has solidified the Republican Party as a “white identity” party, deploying voter suppression, anti-immigrant policies, and right-wing language strategies to reinforce systemic racism while maintaining a façade of societal legitimacy. We examine Trump&s;s impact on electoral politics, mobilization of white nationalism, and enduring threats to multiracial democracy. Despite these far-right political realities, historical and contemporary resistance movements demonstrate pathways of political hope for a truly inclusive and democratic U.S. society.

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