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Theodore Lothrop Stoddard (June 29, 1883 – May 1, 1950) was an American historian, journalist, political scientist and white supremacist. Stoddard wrote several books which advocated eugenics, white supremacy, Nordicism, and scientific racism, including The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy (1920).
- Lothrop Stoddard
- 1920
Aug 19, 2019 · Alongside the answer “No!” was a photograph of Lothrop Stoddard, a writer, who would argue the negative. In the picture, Stoddard projects a roguish, matinée-idol aura, with slicked-down hair...
The Rising Tide of Color: The Threat Against White World-Supremacy (1920), by Lothrop Stoddard, is a book about racialism and geopolitics, which describes the collapse of white supremacy and colonialism because of the population growth among people of color, rising nationalism in colonized nations, and industrialization in China and ...
- Lothrop Stoddard
- 1920
Jan 18, 2021 · Lothrop Stoddard was a historian and journalist who popularized the "Nordic" movement and the term "untermensch" in the 1920s. He influenced the Ku Klux Klan, President Harding, and Adolf Hitler, but was mocked by W.E.B. Du Bois in a famous debate.
Stoddard was a prominent advocate of eugenics and white supremacy in the US, who praised Nazi Germany's racial policies and laws. He wrote a book describing his visit to Germany in 1939, where he witnessed the sterilization of "undesirable" people in a "eugenics court".
A lawyer and historian with a doctorate from Harvard, Lothrop Stoddard earned his own reputation as one of the racist intelligentsia in the first half of the twentieth century, second in importance only to the eugenicist Madison Grant.
Feb 25, 2022 · The Chicago Defender reported on the debate between the Black scholar and activist and the white supremacist and author, who argued for and against Black civil rights at the Coliseum. Du Bois challenged Stoddard's arguments based on quantitative theory and domination, while Stoddard blamed the Great Migration for Black unrest.
