Alt-right Facts for Kids

The alt-right is a right-wing political movement originating in the United States. There are many different type of people in the alt-right. They include white nationalists, antifeminists, manospherians, conservatives, Christians, nationalists and men's rights activists. The group is said to have influenced the 2016 United States presidential election in favor of the winning candidate Donald Trump. The term "Alt-right" is said to have been coined by Richard B. Spencer, who is a political writer and the current president of the nationalist think-tank National Policy Institute.

The alt-right originated on 4chan and other fringe corners of the Internet, such as Reddit, Know Your Meme and Encyclopedia Dramatica. It emerged during the aftermath of the 2012 episode about Fobos-Grunt on the English Wikipedia and Gamergate in 2014.

As the years pass since Trump's victory in 2016, the alt-right began to splinter, and its split accelerated following the 2017 Charlottesville incident, with those on the Internet saying they don't like Trump anymore.

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The American white nationalist ideologue Jared Taylor became a revered figure among the alt-right, and the events organized by his American Renaissance group were attended by many alt-right members.
Richard B. Spencer claimed to have coined the term "alternative right" in 2008.
The Daily Stormer is named for the Nazi tabloid Der Stürmer, known for its antisemitic caricatures. This 1934 billboard for Der Stürmer reads "With Der Stürmer against Judea. The Jews are our misfortune".
The alt-right largely rallied behind the presidential candidacy of Donald Trump, although he distanced himself from the movement.
Hillary Clinton's August 2016 speech denouncing the alt-right helped bring the movement to mainstream attention
Protestors at the 2017 Unite the Right rally, which was promoted by the alt-right. One man carries the logo of Vanguard America, and another has a T-shirt depicting German Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.
The Russian far-right theorist Aleksandr Dugin was popular with the alt-right
A placard criticizing the alt-right displayed at the 2017 Women's March.
The Pepe the Frog meme, originally created in 2005, was adopted by the alt-right and became a "mascot" for the movement.
A young man displaying the flag of Kekistan at a pro-Trump rally; the flag is an alt-right symbol.
An attendee at the Unite the Right rally carrying a firearm and wearing a Confederate battle flag T-shirt.
"Trump is Alt-Right with Us". Anti-Trump protesters highlight what they regard as his links to the alt-right and to historical fascism by dressing as Hitler and Mussolini.
Counter-protesters at the 2017 Unite the Right rally.

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