The recent history of replacement theory has much deeper roots in America. During the massive wave of European immigration at the turn of the 20th century, there was a similarly fearful response, particularly among elites. Intellectually, it took the form of “race suicide“ theorists who argued very much along the lines of replacement theory. Two of the most prominent were eugenicists Madison Grant and Lothrop Stoddard. Grant’s 1916 book, “The Passing of the Great Race,” and Stoddard’s 1920 “The Rising Tide of Color Against Global White Supremacy” help provide intellectual justification for the immigration restrictions of the 1920s.
The recent history of replacement theory has much deeper roots in America. During the massive wave of European immigration at the turn of the 20th century, there was a similarly fearful response, particularly among elites. Intellectually, it took the form of “race suicide“ theorists who argued very much along the lines of replacement theory. Two of the most prominent were eugenicists Madison Grant and Lothrop Stoddard. Grant’s 1916 book, “The Passing of the Great Race,” and Stoddard’s 1920 “The Rising Tide of Color Against Global White Supremacy” help provide intellectual justification for the immigration restrictions of the 1920s.
We can’t blame this on the French!