If seeing the party of Donald Trump distance itself from nativism is strange, it helps to understand that “Anglo-Saxon” is what you say when “whites only” is simply too inclusive.

A medievalist explains what "Anglo-Saxon" really means—and why scholars are still concerned, even as the "America First Caucus" hits pause.

Experts have pointed out that the term was invoked by racist and white supremacist groups in America's past.