Story: Alt-Right and Identity Politics

story: It's hardly a Luke, I am your father surprise twist that the alt-right is now targeting Rogue One A Star Wars Story The alt-right is really a loosely affiliated collection of movements opposing what they call identity politics but which are actually called civil rights, according to Huffington Post Canada. What unites them is the feeling that society's longstanding straight, white male supremacy is being threatened by the scourge of equality. So it's hardly a Luke, I am your father surprise twist that the alt-right is now targeting Rogue One A Star Wars Story which, by the way, is really, really good. This has sparked what CNN political commentator Van Jones famously dubbed a whitelash to efforts that are aiming to increase racial, gender, sexual orientation and ethnic diversity. The alt-right attacks began long before anyone had seen Rogue One, with a call for a Dump Star Wars boycott because there weren't enough white dudes in the film and it starred a...woman! Back in April when the first trailer dropped, so did a flood of tweets complaining about Felicity Jones' Jyn Erso as the lead character. We've seen this with video games, comic books, Netflix and now it's come to a galaxy far, far away. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.