A small group of white nationalists stormed a book store in Washington D.C. to protest an event for a book on racial politics and how it’s impacting lower- and middle-class white Americans.

Jonathan Metzl was speaking about his book, "Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment is Killing America's Heartland."

Metzl told NBC Washington that he was speaking to a man who had helped Metzl’s father and grandfather flee Nazi Austria before the protest broke out.

“Not five minutes before, I had acknowledged him and said this is how great America can be when it is bold and generous,” Metzl recalled.

"It was very symbolic for me,” Metzl said. “In case anybody’s wondering what’s happening right now, they’re illustrating my point."

[huffpost.com]