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Children and youth have occupied-and continue to occupy-a pivotal role in far right movements. And not just as symbols of white innocence. But as key active figures in these movements-even at seemingly innocuous places such as summer camps.
Such as this 1981 story on a Klan Summer camp for kids where they learn "patriotism and they learn segregation is Biblically correct"-these camps-and the youth corps-disturbed the National Education Association who created curriculum guides about the KKK https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/07/26/Klan-youth-camps-where-kids-have-good-segregated-fun-learn-KKK-philosophy-how-to-use-guns/2307364968000/
This 1996 story outlines the work of the John Birch Summer Camp "held in various locations around the country--as an antidote to what it considers left-wing “disinformation” from public schools, the media and other institutions. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-07-25-ls-27616-story.html
There's also a 2015 story on Confederate Camps which "have been around since the mid-2000s. They typically get about a hundred campers a year, between the ages of 12 and 18." https://www.vocativ.com/usa/race/what-its-like-to-spend-a-week-at-confederate-summer-camp/
This is pretty disturbing and upsetting research, but essential for understanding how (and where) far right ideologies are taught.
