UN Rights Chief Warns 'Great Replacement' Theory Inspiring Violence
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AFP - Agence France Presse
March 04, 2024, 7:26 am EST
The pernicious "'great replacement' conspiracy theories" spreading in many countries are "delusional" and racist and are directly spurring violence, the United Nations rights chief warned on Monday.
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk also took aim at the "war on woke", which he stressed was "really a war on inclusion".
Speaking before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Turk insisted that racially mixed and multicultural societies were not something to fear but should be seen as a benefit to people everywhere.
"In many countries including in Europe and North America I am concerned by the apparently growing influence of so-called 'great replacement' conspiracy theories, based on the false notion that Jews, Muslims, non-white people and migrants seek to 'replace' or suppress countries' cultures and peoples," he said.
"These delusional and deeply racist ideas have directly influenced many perpetrators of violence."
That's not an endorsement.