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Introduction to the Special Forum: In the Aftermath of the Hate Rally in Charlottesville

Introduction to the Special Forum: In the Aftermath of the Hate Rally in Charlottesville iNtrod UCtio N to the S Pe CiAL For UM: iN the A Fter MAth o F the hA te rALL y i N Ch Ar Lotte Svi LLe h i Ld A e . KUrtz University of Georgia The 2015 slaying of nine Black church- night and chanting slogans of hate, the goers in a Charleston church by a white Unite the Right protesters were met by nationalist sporting Confederate symbols counter protesters in a clash that resulted revived political debate over the prom- in numerous injuries and the death by inence of Confederate memorials and weaponized vehicle of Heather Heyer, one symbols in urban landscapes across the of the counter protesters. southern United States. City after city The white nationalist hate rally in reached decisions to take down statues of Charlottesville was a continuation of the Confederate officers, in recognition of the deep-seated racial animus which threads ways in which their prominence signaled through the fabric of this country. White the ongoing exclusion and devaluing of nationalist outrage at the cultural and de- Americans of African descent. Charlottes- mographic changes which push forcefully ville, Virginia, home to the University of against their racist vision of a white http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Southeastern Geographer University of North Carolina Press

Introduction to the Special Forum: In the Aftermath of the Hate Rally in Charlottesville

Southeastern Geographer , Volume 58 (1) – Apr 11, 2018

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University of North Carolina Press
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Abstract

iNtrod UCtio N to the S Pe CiAL For UM: iN the A Fter MAth o F the hA te rALL y i N Ch Ar Lotte Svi LLe h i Ld A e . KUrtz University of Georgia The 2015 slaying of nine Black church- night and chanting slogans of hate, the goers in a Charleston church by a white Unite the Right protesters were met by nationalist sporting Confederate symbols counter protesters in a clash that resulted revived political debate over the prom- in numerous injuries and the death by inence of Confederate memorials and weaponized vehicle of Heather Heyer, one symbols in urban landscapes across the of the counter protesters. southern United States. City after city The white nationalist hate rally in reached decisions to take down statues of Charlottesville was a continuation of the Confederate officers, in recognition of the deep-seated racial animus which threads ways in which their prominence signaled through the fabric of this country. White the ongoing exclusion and devaluing of nationalist outrage at the cultural and de- Americans of African descent. Charlottes- mographic changes which push forcefully ville, Virginia, home to the University of against their racist vision of a white

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Southeastern GeographerUniversity of North Carolina Press

Published: Apr 11, 2018

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