Racial nativism began as a defensive swing requiring no new intellectual input

Evidence

This swing to a defensive outlook marks the initial phase of racial nativism. It required no fresh intellectual stimulus; it was precipitated by the general crisis in American society. — John Higham, Strangers in the Land, 804

Categorization

• SEED: Angle: the enemy category does not need new evidence or theory - it needs a felt internal threat. What today’s manufactured threats share in this mechanism.
• XREF: connects to: American nativism racialized over time rather than starting as racism — John Higham, Strangers in the Land: Patterns of…, 2003; Racial nativism grew only when it fixed on an identifiable new immigrant type — John Higham, Strangers in the Land: Patterns of…, 832; Nativism abandoned ideological conversion for permanent racial exclusion once radical threat dissolved — John Higham, Strangers in the Land: Patterns of…, 1580 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• American nativism racialized over time rather than starting as racism #corroborates (0.85) — John Higham, Strangers in the Land, 2003
• Racial nativism grew only when it fixed on an identifiable new immigrant type #expands (0.75) — John Higham, Strangers in the Land, 832
• Nativism abandoned ideological conversion for permanent racial exclusion once radical threat dissolved #expands (0.75) — John Higham, Strangers in the Land, 1580