Castizo Futurism and the Contradictions of Multiracial White Nationalism

On the night of November 3, 2020, as results from that day’s presidential election began pouring in, White nationalist Nick Fuentes held an election-night livestream event with other leaders of his America First/groyper movement. The assembled White nationalists were jubilant as early polling showed a piece of GOP electoral strategy falling into place: a distinct uptick in Latinx support for Trump, helping to decide the fate of battleground states like Florida and Texas.

Offering praise to the bloc of Latinx Trump supporters, Fuentes’ co-panelists argued that many Latinx communities in the U.S. “prefer traditional White America,” oppose Black Lives Matter, and profess conservative, patriarchal values. Groyper leader Vincent James Foxx added that “most of the Hispanic Trump voters are actually mostly White— they’re actually mostly of Spanish descent.” Fuentes, whose father is Hispanic, nodded approvingly and added, with a smirk, that three of the seven panelists assembled that evening were partially Hispanic. “Castizo futurism is real,” he announced, “America First is a Latino movement!” The last was a reference to the 4chan slogan, “The Alt Right is a Latino movement,” which ambivalently acknowledges the presence of Latinx activists in the Alt Right.

Co-authored with Natalie Li. Read more at Political Research Associates.