The group distributed propaganda in all but two states (Hawaii and Kansas) in 2020, but were most active in Texas, Washington, California, Massachusetts, New York and Virginia-nearly the exact same geographic locations the group targeted last year. The number of incidents perpetrated by Patriot Front in 2020 more than doubled its incident total in 2019. Throughout 2020, at least thirty white supremacist groups distributed propaganda, but three groups- Patriot Front, New Jersey European Heritage Association and Nationalist Social Club-were responsible for 92 percent of the activity.Īs was the case in 2019, Texas-based Patriot Front was responsible for the vast majority of propaganda distribution. The group was behind 4105 of the incidents, or 80 percent of all propaganda incidents nationally. Map provides a visual representation of the propaganda distribution efforts by geographic location and can be used to highlight other specific trends. The 2020 propaganda appeared in every state except Hawaii, with the highest levels of activity in Texas, Washington, California, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Virginia and Pennsylvania. The barrage of propaganda, which overwhelmingly features veiled white supremacist language with a patriotic slant, is an effort to normalize white supremacists’ message and bolster recruitment efforts while targeting minority groups including Jews, Blacks, Muslims, non-white immigrants, and the LGBTQ community. Propaganda gives white supremacists the ability to maximize media and online attention, while limiting the risk of individual exposure, negative media coverage, arrests and public backlash that often accompanies more public events. The number of propaganda incidents on college campuses dropped by more than half, perhaps due to COVID restrictions. This is the highest number of white supremacist propaganda incidents ADL has ever recorded. The 2020 data shows a huge increase of incidents from the previous year, with a total of 5,125 cases reported (averaging more than 14 incidents per day), compared to 2,724 in 2019. Propaganda from groups such as Patriot Front, New Jersey European Heritage Association, Folks Front, and the Nationalist Social ClubĪDL’s Center on Extremism (COE) tracked a near-doubling of white supremacist propaganda efforts in 2020, which included the distribution of racist, antisemitic and anti-LGBTQ fliers, stickers, banners and posters.
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