--- title: "BackBeat: Radical Caucasian Extremism" description: The guys examine the disparity in extremism coverage in the media and the overall perception about which groups are most dangerous. image: https://www.usnewsbeat.com/hubfs/NewsBeat_NewOGImage.png --- [![](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/hubfs/NewsBeat_Logo_HighRes.jpg) ](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/) ** ** - [Episodes](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/episodes) - [Subscribe](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/subscribe) - [About](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/about) - [Artists & Guests](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/artists-and-guests) - Web Exclusives - [This Week In Social Justice](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/twisj) - [Guide to Civil Unrest](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/civilunrest) - [COVID-19](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/covid-19) - [Mass Incarceration](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/mass-incarceration) - [Bonus Content](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/blog) - [Media](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/media) - [Support](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/support) - [Contact](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/contact) # BackBeat: Radical Caucasian Extremism Posted by [News Beat](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/blog/author/news-beat) on December 11, 2017  •  2 min read ![News Beat](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/hubfs/NewsBeat_BlogAuthorAvatar.jpg) Follow us [**](https://www.facebook.com/USNewsBeat/) [**](https://www.twitter.com/usnewsbeat) On this episode of BackBeat, the guys examine the disparity in extremism coverage in the media, and how it has contributed to a perception that the biggest threat facing Americans is so-called "radical Islamic terror." --- They'll also discuss how the government's own statistics definitively make clear that the frequency of right-wing attacks in America since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks is greater than Islamic extremism, yet much of the public is simply unaware of this fact. ### **Listen to full episode here:** You'll hear from Michael Conforti, AKA Manny Faces, Christopher Twarowski, and Rashed Mian as they expand on the topics discussed in the most recent News Beat podcast episode: ["Radical Caucasian Extremism."](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/2017/11/29/misunderstanding-terrorism-exposing-radical-caucasian-extremism/) The News Beat podcast episode featured: - Charles Kurzman, professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and co-director of the Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations. - Mehdi Hasan, an award-winning independent journalist, political commentator, broadcaster and author, currently the host of UpFront and Head to Head on Al Jazeera English in Washington, D.C., and a columnist at The Intercept. - Sammy Rangel and Tony McAleer, co-founders of the anti-hate nonprofit Life After Hate, which is dedicated to inspiring individuals to a place of compassion and forgiveness for everyone, including themselves, and counter the seeds of intolerance and racism. - LiKWUiD, a New York-based hip hop fusion music artist, DJ, songwriter and educator born Faybeo’n LaShanna A Mickens, committed to using her gift of song to empower the portrayal of women in the entertainment industry. Here's an except from a feature story that accompanied the [News Beat podcast episode](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/2017/11/29/misunderstanding-terrorism-exposing-radical-caucasian-extremism/): > The actual number of attacks perpetrated by so-called Islamic extremists and right-wing extremists suggests a disproportionate amount of funds and attention is directed at the former, when right-wing zealots have carried out even more attacks in the United States since 9/11, killing roughly the same amount of people, according to the government’s own figures. > > From Sept. 12, 2001 through Dec. 31, 2016, right-wing extremists carried out 62 violent attacks, killing 106. At the same time, the 23 incidents attributed to Islamic extremists led to 119 deaths, according to the non-partisan United States Government Accountability Office. Up until the summer of 2015, deaths caused by non-Muslims in extremist attacks dwarfed those in which Muslims were fingered as the perpetrators, 48 to 26. > > According to data compiled by The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute and Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, there was a combined total of 115 successful and foiled right-wing plots between 2008 and 2016, one-third of which were thwarted. During that period, there were 63 cases of Islamic domestic terror. ###### Share This ### News Beat is an award-winning social justice podcast melding independent, hard-hitting journalism with original music from independent artists. Never miss an episode by [subscribing to News Beat](https://usnewsbeat-6888400.hs-sites.com/subscribe) on your favorite podcast app, and be sure to leave a rating and review while you're there. 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