White Supremacy Essay

a prospective for Southerners who had hope for “white supremacy” (Parks, Miles. “Confederate Statues Were Built To Further A 'White Supremacist Future'.” NPR, NPR, 20 Aug. 2017, www.npr.org/2017/08/20/544266880/confederate-statues-were-built-to-further-a-white-supremacist-future. Accessed 8 Sept. 2017). Despite its significant history, Confederate monuments support white supremacy because it causes our nation to remember a time when white supremacy was the “correct” way of thinking. By taking down

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan does not contribute to a white supremacist narrative. The arguments for this being the case (namely that the gods stay in western civilizations and that the battle at the St. Louis Arch both promote white supremacy) can be refuted. I also disagree with the notion that Percy Jackson’s focus on western civilization pushes white supremacy. Greece and Rome are commonly called the birthplace of western civilization, and this is the narrative that Riordan follows

Canada’s development there has always remained an emphasis on promoting the supremacy of the white race, and Anglo-Canadian culture. After further examination of evidence from the courses curriculum, one thing remains prominent in periods of racism, the government. In relation to immigration, periods of conflict, and large government initiatives, it can been seen that the government has used it power to promote white supremacy and ensure the oppression of racialized Canadians. A key challenge the idea

and they have decided to act upon this rhetoric that expresses hatred and violence towards this group that they refer to as the “others.” Now that Trump is president, these alt-right groups, white nationalists, are using demonstrations, riots, and terrorism to promote hate and discriminatory ideals. These white nationalists, who once hide in plain sight, are now able to express themselves freely and gather in public settings. Oftentimes, these public gatherings end in violence and in the case of Charlottesville

Going to the Source illustrates two groups of individuals who opposed the KKK. In testimonies given by white witnesses, Republicans from the North felt the KKK posed a political and social danger in the South, but did not feel intimidated. The testimonies given by black witnesses were people who had experience of the Klan’s violence, and felt their lives were threatened. The Klan’s attacks on whites were more inclined towards social harassment, while their attacks on blacks, which consisted of voting

Thank God for the Russians. On the numbing morning of January 19th, 1945, 66,000 people were finally able to walk free after enduring something so horrific and inhumane that there are still people to this day that are too dimwitted to acknowledge it. The troops walked past mountains and trenches of bones that were loosely attached to skin, things that you knew were bodies but could not be identified as that were riddled with disease and now, death. Bodies of innocent men, women, children, Jews, Nine

man who live in Jasper, Texas who was walking home when he was picked up on the side of the road by three white men. Byrd, a man who was no stranger to taking rides from people, did not know they were not going to take him home. Instead, they beat him, chained him to their truck and dragged him for three miles before eventually being decapitated. Two of the three men had ties to a white supremacy group (Rosenblatt, 2013) Both deaths were nothing short of a tragedy. Both deaths effected their families

(p 63).” Throughout the article Boehm talked about white nationalism and the politically motivated violence that was brought in Charlottesville. As stated in the article collectivism was the real enemy as collectivism is “one cleverly disguised but nurtured by a group of people who profess to hate the idea (Boehm, 2017).” The

damage that has been left in the South from the Civil War. A group known as Radical Republicans worked to help all freedmen gain rights, but white supremacist groups interfered. Within that time period, “reactionary forces–including the Ku Klux Klan–would reverse the changes wrought by Radical Reconstruction in a violent backlash that restored white supremacy in the South” (http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/reconstruction). The Southerners themselves continued to perpreturate violence

This shows how broad the skinhead subculture expanded in the US. It also closely matches where other white supremacist Today, there are still several instances of hate crimes committed in the United States just as there were in the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. Ernie Smith, a reporter for the Atlanta Journal Constitution, interviewed former skinhead activist Shannon