What is the ‘great replacement theory’? A scholar of race relations explains

In “What is the ‘great replacement theory’? A scholar of race relations explains,” Rodney Coates explains that false ideas about the extinction of the white race, spread around the late 19th and early 20th centuries, gave rise to xenophobic and anti-immigration conspiracy theories.  Today, the great replacement theory has made a comeback in conservative circles.  As Coates writes, 

“In recent years, nonwhite immigrants have been the target of xenophobia. Migrants, especially from Mexico, are accused of bringing criminal activities to American cities. Immigrants have also been falsely accused of smuggling fentanyl into the U.S. The reality is that immigrants commit far fewer crimes than those born in the U.S.”

KJ