When “Unite the Right” met the United Right

Whitney Alese
4 min readAug 13, 2018

Yesterday, Unite the Right 2 was held in Washington D. C. For weeks, we had been hearing of the anticipated crowds of white supremacists that would be descending upon D.C. The city itself was in preparations as well, shutting down certain subways and mobilizing its police force. Businesses posted signs in rejection of the even, preparing to drive supremacists away. Even apps like AirBnb, Uber, and Lyft were we…

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Whitney Alese

Whitney Alese is an award winning writer & creator featured in WIRED Magazine, I-D Magazine, NBC, & Chalkboard Magazine.