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Tuesday, March 31, 2026
The Observer

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The Observer

Racism today

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On Aug. 11, racism marched explicitly and visibly through the streets of Charlottesville. According to the Washington Post, a group of around 250 people marched with torches through the University of Virginia, chanting, “Our blood, our soil,” amongst other Nazi slogans. Upon pressure to respond, President Trump condemned violence “on many sides,” sparking backlash from conservatives and liberals alike. “There are no sides … We will not tolerate this hateful ideology,” Paul Ryan released in a Facebook post. Jumping to the President’s defense, the neo-Nazi site The Daily Stormer wrote, “No condemnation at all. When asked to condemn, [Trump] just walked out of the room. Really, really good. God bless him.”