White Nationalist Domestic terrorism
Tags: Education, White Supremacy, Law Enforcement, Extremism, Domestic Terrorism

Introduction

Domestic terrorism became a front-page mainstream media and social media phenomenon. The National Football League (NFL) player Colin Kaepernick was the first professional athlete to take a knee protesting police brutality against minorities. There has always been a racial divide in the US. However, the affluent politicians running the country always kept extremism in the shadows. Then an open white nationalist became president of the United States (POTUS) in 2016. White domestic terrorists are also known as the far-right extremists took POTUS45's backing as a sign to do domestic terrorism with impunity. This brief essay will explore far-right domestic terrorism in the movies as well as reality.

Far-right movies

Hollywood does a good job of representing domestic terrorists from the far-right. There are several movies depicting neo-nazis, the KKK, "patriot" domestic terrorist groups, etc (Gage, 2018, March 26). This essay will discuss two domestic terrorism movies. BlacKkKlansman was based on a true story. American History X is a fictional far-right movie based in neo-nazi reality. BlacKkKlansman portrayed a black Colorado rookie detective to successfully infiltrate the domestic terrorist organization known as the KKK. The black detective was able to infiltrate David Duke's inner circle, the grand wizard of the KKK. The black detective along with his Jewish partner successfully fooled the domestic terrorists into revealing domestic terrorist targets. Going undercover is a great way to infiltrate domestic terrorist organizations.

The far-right neo-nazi movie was called American History X. The film was centered around a neo-nazi domestic terrorist group with similar hatred "values" of the KKK. The beginning scene shows a home robbery gone wrong then Edward Norton’s character breaks the jaw of a black robber on the curb outside the character’s house. Norton’s character goes to prison and learns the far-right ideology is a myth like many religions after getting gang-raped by his supposed far-right, anti-gay brothers. Then Norton’s character works in a community service capacity helping the police and young people get out of the far-right domestic terrorist groups.

Non-fiction domestic terrorism

Unfortunately, far-right, Christian mythology, white-power movements are not confined to movies. The movies portray the entertaining aspects of these white-power, far-right, domestic Christian terrorists are against Middle Eastern ideologies. However, the hatred breeds at the POTUS45 chair and trickles down. Open racist hatred is now a popular far-right attack message.

The confederate flag is a symbol of domestic terrorism. The confederate south attempted a coup to overthrow the US government. The primary reason for the confederate south rebelling against the US government was slavery. The confederate south was willing to become domestic terrorists in order to keep slaves. The current neo-nazi groups and far-right groups in Europe and Asia use the US confederate flag as their go-to hate symbol. The confederate flag continues to remain a symbol of domestic terrorism in the US and adopted abroad. For example, the Charleston church shooting was an example of the white-power domestic terrorism movement encouraged by POTUS45's tweet rhetoric. A lone white-power wolf terrorized the black church by killing 9 innocent people (Webster, & Leib, 2019, Spring). Charlotteville's death was also an example of far-right domestic terrorism. As long as the US government houses a pro-far-right POTUS45, the white-power domestic terror groups will continue to enjoy brazen actions with presidential praise.

Conclusion

Far-right domestic terrorism is spotlighted on terror groups associated with white nationalism. Sports athletes continue to display solidarity for minorities thanks to the brave Caperick. However, the White House cabinet is chock-full of white national loyalists. As long as there is not a POTUS46, the far-right domestic extremists will continue to plan and destroy. This brief essay explored far-right domestic terrorism in the movies as well as reality.

References

Gage, B. (2018, March 26). Hollywood and cinematic representations of far-right domestic terrorism in the U.S. Retrieved September 15, 2020, from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1057610X.2018.1446295

Webster, G., & Leib, J. (2019, Spring). Religion, murder, and the confederate battle flag in South Carolina. Retrieved September 15, 2020, from https://www.jstor.org/stable/26233769