Richard B. Spencer
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| Born |
Richard Bertrand Spencer May 11, 1978 Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| Residence | Whitefish, Montana, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Education | St. Mark's School of Texas |
| Alma mater |
University of Virginia University of Chicago |
| Occupation | Author Publisher |
| Known for | President & Director The National Policy Institute Executive Director Washington Summit Publishers |
| Spouse(s) | Nina Kouprianova (separated) |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent(s) | William B. Spencer Sherry Spencer |
Richard Bertrand Spencer (born May 11, 1978) is an American white supremacist. He is president of the National Policy Institute, a white nationalist think tank, as well as Washington Summit Publishers. Spencer has stated that he rejects the description of white supremacist, and describes himself as an identitarian. He advocates for a white homeland for a "dispossessed white race" and calls for "peaceful ethnic cleansing" to halt the "deconstruction" of European culture.
Spencer and others have said that he created the term "alt-right", a term he considers a movement about white identity.
Spencer has repeatedly quoted from Nazi propaganda and denounced Jews, and has on several occasions refused to denounce Adolf Hitler.
Spencer and his organization drew considerable media attention in the weeks following the 2016 presidential election, where, at a National Policy Institute conference, in response to his cry "Hail Trump, hail our people, hail victory!", a number of his supporters gave the Nazi salute and chanted in a similar fashion to the Sieg heil chant used at the Nazis' Nuremberg rallies. Spencer has defended their conduct, stating that the Nazi salute was given in a spirit of "irony and exuberance".
Spencer grew up in Dallas, Texas. He was born to William B. Spencer, an ophthalmologist, and Sherry Spencer. In 1997, he graduated from St. Mark's School of Texas.
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