# EXPLAINER: White ‘replacement theory’ fuels racist attacks

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/explainer-white-replacement-theory-fuels-racist-attacks/
- Published: 2022-05-17T09:45:08-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo caption: A person pays his respects outside the scene of a shooting at a supermarket, in Buffalo, N.Y., Sunday, May 15, 2022. Photo credit: AP Photo / Matt Rourke. Article by David Bauder. AP News – May 15, 2022. NEW YORK (AP) — A racist ideology seeping from the internet’s fringes into the mainstream is being investigated as a motivating factor in the supermarket shooting that killed 10 people in Buffalo, New York. Most of the victims were Black. Ideas from the “great replacement theory” filled a racist screed supposedly posted online by the white 18-year-old accused of targeting […] Click here to view original web page at apnews.com