“White With Fear”: Westporter’s Film Shows Political Strategy

Digging into ‘White with Fear’: A review and conversation with director and NU alum Andrew Goldberg – North by Northwestern

Andrew Goldberg for White with Fear. Photo Courtesy of IMDB/So Much Film. Andrew Goldberg’s documentary, White with Fear, confronts a quiet but powerful force in American life: white anxiety, the fear that whiteness is losing its place in a changing country. At a time when the nation feels deeply divided and extremism is on the rise, the film explores how demographic shifts, political messaging and media narratives shape how many white Americans…

“White With Fear”: Westporter’s Film Shows Political Strategy

For decades, right-wing politicians and media have stoked racial fears, demonized immigrants and spread Islamaphobia. At the same time, they’ve driven a narrative of white victimization. Politicians like Hillary Clinton, Jamie Raskin and Terry McAuliffe have decried the tactics, which helped drive the polarized society we see today. Others – like former Trump operatives Steve Bannon, Rick Gates and Sam Nunberg — freely admit to the tactics. Now,…