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- Birth nameRichard Bertrand Spencer
- Richard Spencer was born on May 11, 1978 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He is known for 4chan Smear Campaign Against Antifa (2017), Undercover in the Alt-Right (2018) and Death of a Nation (2018). He has been married to Nina Kouprianova since August 2010.
- SpouseNina Kouprianova(August 2010 - present) (filed for divorce)
- Use of Nazi tropes like his fascist haircut, the German salute, the terms "Lügenpresse" and "Volk" and other ideological references.
- In the fall of 1997, Spencer went from Dallas to Colgate University, in upstate New York. He starred there in a production of Oscar Wilde's classic play "The Importance of Being Earnest". Classmates who saw Spencer in that period report that he took on a Wildean air, dressing foppishly and affecting accents. This is one of the roots of the rumor, that Spencer might be homosexual, but he denies it. [from: The Atlantic, June 2017].
- Credited with coining the term "alt-right" or "alternative-right" in 2008.
- Used to be a Ph.D. candidate at Duke University's history department before leaving academia to become a far-right political activist.
- Married to Russian Canadian Nina Kouprianova, who also writes under the name Nina Byzantina. She published articles lionizing Vladimir Putin, criticizing western media and appeared on the Russia Today (RT) network with anti-Ukrainian talking points. The couple has a young daughter.
- President of The National Policy Institute (NPI), a right-wing think tank, which promotes white supremacy, antisemitism, racial segregation and a "peaceful ethnic cleansing" of the USA. According to a June 2017 article in 'The Atlantic', the NPI is essentially a one-man operation and Spencer himself is the only paid employee.
- America was until this past generation a white country designed for ourselves and our posterity. It is our creation, it is our inheritance, and it belongs to us. [speech, 19th Nov. 2016]
- There are tons of reasons for being highly skeptical of sports in America. The reason that is uniquely identitarian is that, at a major college, you end up having white people rooting for black athletes that they would otherwise have nothing to do with. [April 2017]
- I was, philosophically speaking, more or less the person I am today. But the Duke lacrosse case catalyzed me to be a pugilist for my views. I'm more combative and come out of the gate taking stands in a way that I wasn't then. [April 2017]
- As is often the case, those who seek power usually have the greatest pretensions of authenticity and moral outrage.
- I learned from the [Duke University] lacrosse case, and from Trump [Donald Trump], that there is a value to perseverance, and there's a value to just keep going and keep pushing. [April 2017]
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