A dog whistle for white nationalists

Architecture speaks silently...The attempt to revive classical architecture under current political conditions is an attempt that speaks silently about dismantling not just the ideas that were expressed in 2020, but the institutions of civil rights. And so it speaks silently the language of white nationalism. And that is well known, but it’s very difficult to literally demonstrate or prove. That’s why it’s so effective, because it’s easily deniable.
Layla A. Jones spoke with a number of architectural historians including Mabel Wilson and Reinhold Martin about federal architecture under President Donald Trump and the attempt to remake DC in his gold-colored image.
