History shows that ethnic and racial diversity has proved to be renewal, not replacement, writes , the Thomas and Dorothy Litwin Professor of American Studies, .
“Payton Gendron, who was indicted by a grand jury for killing 10 people May 14 at a Tops Friendly Markets in a predominantly Black neighborhood in Buffalo, repeatedly cited “the great replacement” theory as his motive for the shooting, according to authorities,” with co-author Stuart M. Blumin. “While the specific targets and methods of spreading this theory may be new, White native-born Americans worrying about being replaced is not. And history demonstrates that the theory has been repeatedly used to legitimize discrimination and deadly violence.”
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