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Biography

Richard Weikart

Richard Weikart is professor of history at California State University, Stanislaus, and author of Hitler’s Religion: The Twisted Beliefs That Drove the Third Reich (forthcoming in 2016), Hitler’s Ethic (2009), and The Death of Humanity: And the Case for Life (forthcoming in 2016).

Articles

Buffalo Mass Murderer Explodes the White Supremacy Stereotypes

By Richard Weikart

Unfortunately, in the wake of the mass shooting in Buffalo by an avowed white supremacist, caricatures and stereotypes of white ...

May 19, 2022

Anti-Racists Often Ignore This Non-Religious Source of Racism

By Richard Weikart

Black History Month is a time to reflect on the great achievements of African-Americans and black Africans, while also confronting ...

February 19, 2022

Assisted Suicide Is “Putting People Down”

By Richard Weikart

Last year the UK TV personality Ursula Presgrave generated controversy by her Facebook posting: “Anyone born with down syndrome should ...

May 07, 2016

Was Whoopi Goldberg Right that Hitler Was a Christian?: A Historical Analysis

November 25, 2015 |

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