far right – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Mon, 21 Sep 2020 13:27:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg far right – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 Mapping Far-Right Vigilantism https://www.maproomblog.com/2020/09/mapping-far-right-vigilantism/ Mon, 21 Sep 2020 13:27:23 +0000 https://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1789326 More]]> Alexander Reid Ross of Portland State University has created an interactive map that tracks incidents of far-right extremist vigilantism in the United States. Laura Biss has the story at MapLab:

The map shows that certain regions seem to be hotspots for extremism, including Southern California, Oregon and Washington. Ross fears for what might be coming to Texas, which has seen pockets of violence at protests and is home to people whom Ross calls “experienced racists, armed to the teeth.” He views the concentration of incidents in the Pacific Northwest as “an inverted funhouse,” considering their historic parallel in the terror of the Civil Rights-era South, which has fewer incidents today.”

[Boing Boing]

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