White Nationalism Is Un-American

White Supremacy has made an authority on the nation’s history, often through the federal and

White nationalism is a relatively new term in America. While nationalism has been around for centuries and is not a bad thing, white nationalists, along with white supremacists, believe that whites are increasingly discriminated against daily (Khazan). For a long time, America’s national identity has been synonymous with whiteness, but increasing diversity, immigration, and civil rights has caused some white Americans to fear that their dominance is in jeopardy. The alt-right has similar outlooks as white

The article “The Great White Way” by Debra J. Dickerson attempts to show her readers that “Race is an arbitrary system for establishing hierarchy and privilege” (68) in America. In her article, Dickerson questions how “whiteness” leads America in our culture and society and how all the other races are defined in America. She also explains how history has divided whites from non-whites in America. The intended audience that Dickerson’s essay gravitated towards are political or liberal Americans. In her article “The Great White Way”. Debra J. Dickerson powerfully argues that race is an overall way to establish social classes and who and what get special privileges because of their certain race or skin color. Dickerson argues that “Race is

At the start of this semester we discuss an issue that has poisoned the dynamic of society in the United States since the beginning, white supremacy. For centuries, members of the white community have simply used the color of their skin to attain and remain in power. In my opinion, those that use their white privilege to partake in white supremacy are the only ones who benefit from this poison. White supremacy continues to be fueled in the United States, and plays just as big of a factor in today’s world as it did many years ago. There is no retaliation for uproars or

White Fragility is an essay by Robin DiAngelo that critiques the inner workings of how white majority population poorly converse and interacts with the racial social construct that resides in modern American culture. Not privileged with the opportunity to ignore racial tensions, blacks are ready to discuss the disadvantages they face daily in America’s white privileged culture. DiAngelo states that since whites have not had been forced to develop a mode of conversing about racial inequalities in black culture; therefore whites become uncomfortable, evasive, and angry. Because of evasive language when triggers such as “suggesting that a white person’s viewpoint comes from a racialized frame of reference”, the construct of white supremacy is

Jose Antonio Vargas states, “Until we unpack ‘whiteness’ as a social construct…we cannot have a real, more honest conversation about race and racism…In this era of #BlackLivesMatter, at a time when Latinos are the largest minority group and Asians are the fastest growing racial and immigrant group, exploring and questioning ‘white privilege’ is essential” (qtd. in Craven). Having a discussion about what “whiteness” means today and how it came about is so important because in the past, other races have had their worth based off of what “whiteness” was worth. This topic has been avoided because it questions the majority in power and it brings out the

Dating back to oldest of human history there was always a hatred for the Jews by others, this hate that was passed down from generation to generation that built up slowly til someone took it too far; Anti-Semitism is what it is now known as, resentment to the Jews that started from lies and passed on through rumours. Adolf Hitler was a man of resentment, he was leader of the Nazi’s; a German extreme political party who held a strong hatred for the Jewish race. Hitler had loathed the Jews all his life and when it came to the great depression where everyone was so very upset he used this as an opportunity to throw shade on the Jews and blame them for all their wrongs of their lives and people were desperate enough to accept this reasoning in hope for a better life. Hitler gained massive acceptance with the nation and his political party grew threw the course of two years and by 1933 the Nazi’s had taken over without even having won an election all thanks to Hitler’s persuasiveness that granted him the chance of becoming Chancellor. Hitler used all of his power to

Xenophobia: an unreasonable fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers. This an age old concept that has stricken groups of people since the era of exploration. Americans have notoriously fallen victim to this. Since the first British Colonist sailed over in the year 1585, there has been a tradition set to fear the foreign. In Racheal Ida Buff’s “Immigrant Rights in the Shadows of Citizenship” immigrations are critically analyzed in regards to minority relations to the white majority, mostly resulting in persecution or exclusion. The indigenous people of North America and the Chinese are the two groups that will be focused on. The Native Americans or “Indians” are the first new or foreign group these new Americans have to learn to

Rather than merely examining the affects of racism on people of color, the book turns its attention to whiteness and how a system of white privilege, supported and perpetuated by whites, also damages whites by inhibiting them from making meaningful connections with other human beings. Until I almost reached the end of this book I was uncomfortable and disturbed by the way the book made me feel. As a white male, I am aware of the pain that my ancestors have created for others to advance the free world. I have pain for those who suffered and disagree with actions that were taken by my white predecessors. But I believed that we are now in a much more advanced world where we have chosen the first black president and equality was a focus of most Americans. Identifying with my culture as currently being a white supremacist society is something I have never considered, or would not want to consider. In Neuliep, within the Coudon and Yousef’s Value orientations, we perceive the human nature orientation within the United States with people being essentially rational. This term, rational, can be somewhat subjective. And if we continue with the same value system, and look from ‘the self’ values, we foster our self-identities from the influence of our culture’s values. If we are to reflect truthfully to how our country evolved and what we ‘had to do’ to create our freedom by limiting the freedom of other, how would we then perceive

White America is dying. Whites are reported to be dying faster than they are being born. America is becoming more diverse every year. Interracial marriages are more common than ever before. The minority population is expected to rise and become the majority. The looming end of white America has led to racial mimicry, white identity politics, and racism.

Whiteness is an integrative ideology that has transpired in North America throughout the late 20th century to contemporary society. It is a social construction that sustains itself as a dogma to social class and vindicates discrimination against non-whites. The power of whiteness is illustrated in social, cultural and political practices. These measures are recognized as the intent standard in which other cultures are persuaded to live by. Bell hooks discusses the evolution of whiteness in an innovative article in which she theorizes this conviction as normative, a structural advantage, an inclusive standpoint, and an unmarked name by those who are manipulating this interdisciplinary. Most intellects, including hooks, would argue that whiteness is a continuation of history; a dominant cultural location that has been unconsciously disclosing its normativity of cultural practice, advocating fear, destruction, and terror for those who are being affected by this designation.

Throughout America’s history, the issue of immigration has been on the forefront major debates. Immigration is among one of the most stimulating topics of discussion. Often when discussing immigration the question of assimilation also arises and whether or not immigrants are truly doing so. Since the beginning of this country, immigrants and even natives of the land have been pressured to assimilate to “American” Culture and to commit to its standards. When a group of people fail to assimilate to these standards, they encounter critics. The Native Americans, who wanted to preserve their traditions and values, had their children taken from them and sent to boarding schools with the goal to assimilate Native tribes into “mainstream America’s way of life.” In the nineteenth century, the largest mass lynching, which involved Italians , occurred in New Orleans. Italians were discriminated against because they did not share the same traits as their Anglo-Saxon camarades. (Falco) Today, in the twenty-first century, Hispanic immigrants ,and others, are also criticized because they are believed to not be assimilating. In fact many like the Samuel P. Huntigton, chairman of the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies, have voiced that the most serious threat to America’s traditional identity is the immigration of Hispanic immigrants. However, the issue may not stem from these people themselves. The issue and controversies surrounding assimilation primarily stems from

In Racist America author Joe Feagin confronts the passive attitude, held by many in the Anglo culture in America, towards racism. This is the third edition of the title specifically revised for undergraduate and graduate use in studies. It deals in depth with the historical, political and economic foundations of racism and white supremacy. It adds a rich breath of knowledge on the subject matter, and an expert knowledge in addressing the issues we will be discussing throughout the writing.

Smith’s “Second pillar of white supremacy” helps to understand the motives and backing behind Trump’s order. The second pillar refers to the “logic of genocide”, she explains that “Indigenous people must disappear. In fact, they must always be disappearing, in order to allow non-indigenous people the rightful claim over this land” (Smith). There has always been deliberate action taken in this country to silence, marginalize, erase, and colonize the minds and bodies of traditionally black and brown individuals, but new forms of oppression make room for gender, sexuality, and class. Today is no different in function, people of color continue to exist on the periphery, precariously balanced between extinction and

Thirteen years following the end of WWII and the exposure of the Nazi’s and their atrocities worldwide, 1958 should have been a year where the ideologies of Hitler were no longer seen as acceptable, none the less adopted. 1958 is the year which the American Nazi Party, a fascist neo-Nazi organisation in America with Nazi ideologies at its core, was started by a man named George Lincoln Rockwell. Despite the fact that George Lincoln Rockwell had served as a US Navy Commander in World War Two, fighting against the Nazi’s and what they stood for, Rockwell started the American Nazi Party following his concern at the declining conditions of the Western Civilization and found what appeared to be the remedy in Hitler’s Mein Kampf. The reason behind the founding of the American Nazi Party can then be attributed to his desire to keep Nazism alive in America and to fulfil a prophesy made by Hitler before his death to revive the fight against the Jews not in Europe but in the United States. Although the altered ideologies of Rockwell remain present in neo-Nazi groups today, The American Nazi Party saw little support financially, in terms of citizens of America despite on-going racial tensions in America and little to no support from figures of political authority. This therefore shows that the American Nazi Party saw