Alt Right and spread of Racism in Social media

Therefore, alt-right refers to individuals and far-right ideologies who believe that “white identity” is being attacked by multiculturalism through “political correctness and social justice” to look down upon the civilization of whites. Research shows an increased concentration on the use of social media platforms for promotion and recruitment of terrorism that promote racism both nationally and internationally. For instance, the role of hate speech on a racial basis and its proponents during the 2016 US election have indicated different levels of conflict around the race and how national/transnational movements value social media (Simon Wiesenthal Center, 2017). Alternative Right began in America but later spread to other countries, such as Australia where many people felt the impact of social media on racism. As a result of the “pro-Trump intervention” during the 2016 election, a team of Internet trolls in Australia came up with the name “The Dingoes.

The other character trait is sadism which refers to the cruelty enjoyment through pain infliction on other people (March et al. Trolling refers to the process of pursuing targets through social media platforms, something that is commonly adopted by the Alternative-Right organization. It has become part and parcel of social media experience for any person. It started when for the first time social media made it easier without concealing identity to harass people on a racial basis. The mother of trolling was “Politically incorrect” board of ‘4chan’ which is an American-based bulletin which has given freedom of posting ideas anonymously (Hine et al. Blatant dehumanization of racial groups Two American psychologists interviewed 450 individuals to determine their feeling concerning the issue of racial dehumanization by alt-right movement. Their research realized that the movement is composed of individuals who are aggressive, exhibit high levels of biases to non-whites and blatantly dehumanize minority groups living in America.

There has been a lot of argument concerning this movement since the election of Donald Trump who defended it after the Virginia tragedy. The most devastating outcomes of their research were how alt-right supporters perceived other ethnic or religious groups as less humans. The two psychologist determined levels of dehumanization by requesting research participants to rate different ethnic groups from a range of 0 to 100, with the lowest scale presenting non-human and highest range present full human. ”  The research outcome shows that alt-right supporters developed a feeling that positions belonging to their favored individuals are threatened “consistent with theoretical accounts describing a conservative shift in response to status-anxiety. ” According to Bempah, the Obama’s government signaled that ethnic groups such as black Americans have right to political power but the emergence of alt-right during Trump’s tenure as triggered racism again in the United States.

The ideologies upheld by Alternative-Right supporters is not something new especially in America, and it is attributed to politics and leaders in the region. The organization discriminates people based on their races both on social media platforms and through confrontation. The perception of seeing other ethnic groups as lesser human beings is promoted by leaders, such as President Donald Trump who support evils committed by such groups as well as branding unnecessary names to their political rival like Hilary Clinton. Trolls just want to have fun.  Personality and Individual Differences, 67, 97-102. doi. org/10. j. com/feed/donald-trump-pepe-the-frog-and-white-supremacists-an-explainer/ Feigin, J. Racist America: roots, current realities, and future reparations.  Choice Reviews Online, 52(01), 52-0562-52-0562. doi. org/10. doi. org/10. j. paid. Russell, A.