2020
DOI: 10.5195/jyd.2020.936
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Youth Practitioners Can Counter Fascism: What We Know and What We Need

Abstract: Fascist, White nationalist, and misogynist groups are actively recruiting adolescent followers both online and in person. Youth development practitioners can play an important role in mitigating the influence of fascist ideologies on young people’s behavior and reducing the proliferation of youth-perpetrated harassment and violence. In this paper, we present a theoretical integration that draws on empirical research from multiple disciplines and youth development best practices to examine how youth practitione… Show more

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“…To date, alt-right actors have been effective in shifting the Overton window toward accepting increasingly overt hateful messaging (Daniels, 2018). This line of research builds on the theory of resisting far-right recruitment posed by Arbeit et al (2020). Arbeit et al (2020) highlighted the importance of adults explaining to youth the threats of far-right recruitment, which should include explaining how far-right groups, such as the alt-right, use social media to gain followers.…”
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“…To date, alt-right actors have been effective in shifting the Overton window toward accepting increasingly overt hateful messaging (Daniels, 2018). This line of research builds on the theory of resisting far-right recruitment posed by Arbeit et al (2020). Arbeit et al (2020) highlighted the importance of adults explaining to youth the threats of far-right recruitment, which should include explaining how far-right groups, such as the alt-right, use social media to gain followers.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The alt-right further creates conspiracy theories that blame Jewish people, political correctness, and multiculturalism for current social problems, which bolster their White victimhood narratives (Sunshine, 2017). These conspiracy theories and victimization narratives construct a web of lies used to bring followers further into alt-right spaces online (Arbeit et al, 2020; Wong et al, 2015). Although often subtle, the recurrent patterns in this web of lies may be apparent in alt-right content, if a person knew what to look for.…”
Section: Understanding the Alt-right Among Broader Far-right Threatsmentioning
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“…We encourage you to read and share our articles. For example, in this issue alone I would highlight Recent publications address indigenous identity (Farella et al, 2021), LGBTQ+ inclusion (Rand et al, 2021), critical consciousness (Gonzalez et al, 2020), Black family engagement (Case, 2020), the Thrive model though an equity lens (Fields, 2020), Latinx adolescents' peer ethnic discrimination (Ma et al, 2020) countering fascism (Arbeit et al, 2020), Black families' reactions to socialization interventions (Anderson et al, 2020) and leading with youth of color (Clemons, 2020).…”
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confidence: 99%