White nationalism

{{Nordicrightnav}}'''White nationalism''' is either a strain of "majority nationalism" if it happens in countries with a white majority, or a strain of "foreign dominator nationalism" if it happens in [[South Africa|some non-white-majority countries]] dominated/colonized by white people, which claims that [[white people]] constitute a race and seeks to develop a "national identity" based on that race.{{cn}} They seek to ensure the survival of (what they see as) the white race and its putative [[culture]], usually in opposition to a supposed [[globalist]] threat or [[Zionist]] [[Conspiracy theory | conspiracy]]. What "white" is even supposed to mean exactly, is a question that they typically can't even give a consistent answer to.<ref group=note>Are Italians? Are Greeks? It's all arbitrary.</ref>

[[White separatism]] and [[white supremacy]] are subgroups of white nationalism, but in practice, the term is basically a [[code word]] for white supremacy that fools ''no one''. Another [[code word|new euphemism]] is '''identitarianism'''.<ref>{{wpa|Identitarianism}}</ref> Originally (2003) a European movement based in [[France]], identitarianism has since spread to America with ardent followers such as [[Richard Spencer]] and [[Identity Evropa]], but it's effectively the same stuff. Another movement that overlaps with White nationalism is the [[Neo-Confederate]] movement (a.k.a. Southern nationalism). Ditto the '''[[alt-right]]''', which is now more or less the far end of the [[neoreactionary movement]]. The term "White nationalism" is actually a misnomer because it is not a nationalist movement, is not [[patriotic]] (anti-[[government]]), and is trans-national in its goals for white supremacy.<ref name=belew>"Insurrection" by Kathleen Belew. In: ''Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past'', edited by Kevin M. Kruse & Julian E. Zelizer (2022) Basic Books. {{isbn|1541601394}}. Pages 251-265.</ref>{{rp|260}}

Most self-described "white nationalist" activists also ''just happen'' to take the side of [[Nazi Germany]] against the [[United Kingdom]], the [[United States]], and the [[USSR]] (all mostly-white nations themselves, supposedly part of their greater [[Europe| Europa]]), in discussions of [[World War II]]. [[Holocaust denialism]] and sympathizing with [[Nazism | Nazis]] (if they don't outright support [[Neonazis | them]] directly) is a common thread among "white nationalists".

==But let's pretend==
{{main|Anti-racist is a code word for anti-white}}
White nationalists, insofar as they try to define the concept, usually will claim that whites around the world should all see themselves as part of the same nation on the grounds that "[[Not even wrong|your race is your nation]]."  Thus, people from [[Britain]] to [[Russia]], [[Armenia]] to [[Australia]], [[France]] to [[Finland]], ''all'' of the nations of the former [[Yugoslavia]], ''both'' sides of [[the Troubles]] in [[Ireland]], and whites living in the [[United States]], [[South Africa]], [[South America]] and elsewhere, even extending to lighter-skinned peoples of [[Iran]] and [[India]], are all supposed to be viewed as being the same people and show racial solidarity with each other. Even the French and Germans. Oh, and they probably think {{trope|InterchangeableAsianCultures|Main|Japan, South Korea, North Korea, and China are all best chums with each other|,}} and that {{trope|AfricaIsACountry|Main|Africa is a single country|.}}

For instance, a common copied-and-pasted screed commonly seen on message boards and [[Twitter|Twitler]] comment sections reads:

{{cquote|Africa for the Africans, Asia for the Asians, White countries for everyone?<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230323053935/https://twitter.com/freehee3/status/752857411124428800 Africa for the Africans, Asia for the Asians, White countries for everyone?] by )))HelicopterRide((( @freehee3 (1:29 PM · Jul 12, 2016) ''Twitter'' (archived from March 23, 2023).</ref>}}

This concept is hilariously absurd; all continents listed, including Europe, have a long history of [[war]]s and longstanding ethnic feuds both with each other and within themselves, not to mention numerous [[language]]s, at least, in Europe, three alphabets ([[Latin]], Cyrillic, and [[Greek]]), splits over [[religion]] ([[Orthodox]]-[[Catholic]], [[Protestant Reformation|Catholic-Protestant]], and (in the Balkans) [[Christian]]-[[Muslim]] being the three major ones), and numerous other differences (and this is just Europe; China alone has at least 56 ethnic groups and around 300 minority languages, and the Chinese language comes in a rich variety of dialects).  White nationalists ignore that groups in Europe such as the Irish, Slavs, [[Jews]] and [[Italian]]s were not considered "white" until the last hundred years, with Anglo-Saxons even going as far as to pay "[[Experts for hire|naturalists]]" to "prove" that the Irish were actually not white.<ref>[http://www.victorianweb.org/history/race/Racism.html "Racism and Anti-Irish Prejudice in Victorian England"] by Anthony S. Wohl - the Irish were described by some commentators as having descended from Cro-Magnon Man, thus being more closely related to the "Africanoid."</ref><ref>The Irish are actually closely related to the French, both being descended from Celtic tribes.</ref>  Even today, anti-immigration activists in the UK can rant about "job-thieving" [[Polish]] immigrants almost as easily as [[Middle Eastern]], Indian and [[Caribbean]] immigrants. Virtually all committed white nationalists also regard [[Jews]] as nonwhite—indeed, most white nationalist conspiracy theories involve Jews acting as [[International Jewish conspiracy|moles]] seeking to destroy the white race from the inside. Caucasian sub-groups like Hispanics,<ref group=note>Hispanics are considered a sub-race of white at least for US Census standards (not that the white nationalists agree). It should not be confused with the term Latino that, although related, is not the same as it's more of a cultural term that encompasses many races. And yes, white Latino is a thing, just as there are Black and Asian Latinos, although {{trope|LatinoIsBrown|Main|the term is more commonly associated with the mestizo population|.}}</ref> Arabs and Iranians are also often excluded from the "white" label by many white nationalists, although some may make exceptions for non-Muslim Arab subgroups<ref>NB: Members of some Arabic-speaking Christian minorities sometimes reject the “Arab” label for themselves, not that your average white nationalist would care all that much.</ref>: French neo-Nazi {{wpl|Serge Ayoub}}, for example, is of [[Lebanon|Lebanese Christian]] descent.

There is no evidence for there ever having been a ''single'' white ethnicity, [[culture]], or language, just as there is no distinctly [[Africa]]n or [[Asia]]n one. White nationalists will often try making a claim for this in the form of an origin in the Caucasus region<ref>{{wpa|Caucasian race#History of the concept}}</ref> and the [[Indo-European languages|proto-Indo-European language]] (never mind that countries, and even parts of countries, within the Caucusus are constantly at war each other or other white countries around them, or that white peoples such as the Finns, Hungarians, and Basques who speak non-IE languages) tying it to a belief that their descendants today form a "greater Europe". ([[Christian Identity]], which is also a form of white nationalism, claims a different origin of white peoples in ancient biblical [[Israel]], notwithstanding the non-white ancient Christian churches in [[Ethiopia]], [[India]], etc.)  Often, white nationalists speak in terms of a group of "white homelands," consisting of all of Europe plus the [[United States]] (guess they forgot the [[Native American]]s), [[Canada]] (where there are still a lot of indigenous First Nations), [[Australia]] (which has long been inhabited by Aboriginal people), [[New Zealand]] (the indigenous Māori still exist), and (even though it was never more than 25% white) [[South Africa]]; some also include the mostly-white southern [[South America]]n countries like [[Argentina]] and [[Uruguay]]. <ref group=note>Note that this would include (a) Indo-Iranians, who white nationalists don't count as white (b) many folks actually descended from the Caucasus area, some of whom have historically been considered Slavic ''Untermenschen'' by white nationalists.)</ref>

Since white nationalists are almost always [[antisemitic]], [[Israel]] is usually ''not'' considered a "white homeland." Indeed, one of this movement's few consistent points is that [[Jews]], and other Semitic peoples, are excluded from the imagined "white nation."

It is also fascinating to [[Irony|note]] that most "white nationalists" oppose the integration of the nations of Europe into the [[European Union]].

===In Black and White===
It puzzles some people how people that they perceive as 'not white' can actually be white nationalists. This occurs for three main reasons
#The concept of whiteness and other racial categories, being unscientific, has evolved over time in the United States and elsewhere.<ref>[https://www.sciencenews.org/article/census-2020-race-history How the U.S. census has measured race over 230 years: The 2020 census faces the same challenges as previous counts] by Betsy Ladyzhets (March 12, 2020 at 11:00 am) ''Science News''.</ref>
#Different demographic groups view racial categorizations differently. Generally, Hispanic people view race differently than other people in the United States. For example, among Hispanic people with the darkest perceived skin color 32% called themselves white.<ref>[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237255782_Latino_Racial_Choices_The_Effects_of_Skin_Colour_and_Discrimination_on_Latinos%27_and_Latinas%27_Racial_Self-Identifications Latino Racial Choices: The Effects of Skin Colour and Discrimination on Latinos’ and Latinas’ Racial Self-Identifications] by Tanya Golash-Boza & William Darity (2008) ''Ethnic and Racial Studies'' 31(5):899-934. doi:10.1080/01419870701568858.</ref><ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/08/texas-shooting-white-supremacy-non-whites/ Why non-White people might advocate white supremacy] by Philip Bump (May 8, 2023 at 2:48 p.m. EDT) ''The Washington Post''.</ref>
#Puerto Ricans have historically been encouraged to identify as white [[One-drop rule|if they have any European ancestry]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/09/us/puerto-rico-census-black-race.html Why Some Black Puerto Ricans Choose ‘White’ on the Census: The island has a long history of encouraging residents to identify as white, but there are growing efforts to raise awareness about racism.] by Natasha S. Alford (Feb. 9, 2020, 5:00 a.m. ET) ''The New York Times''.</ref>
The [[Proud Boys]] are a prime example of this phenomenon. The organization has never excluded membership based on race, but has used the motto of 'Western [[Chauvinism|chauvinist]]' as a [[code word]] for 'white nationalism'. It has included prominent African Americans in leadership roles: {{wpl|Enrique Tarrio}} (of Afro-Cuban ancestry) who succeeded [[Gavin McInnes]] as leader, and Dante Nero who was 'pope' from 2016-2017.<ref>[https://www.thisamericanlife.org/626/transcript 626: White Haze] by Zoe Chase (September 22, 2017) ''This American Life''.</ref> Tellingly, Tarrio was convicted of, among other things, stealing and burning a [[Black Lives Matter]] banner from a church in 2021.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/tarrio-proud-boy-jail-sentence/2021/08/23/df06b84a-041b-11ec-a266-7c7fe02fa374_story.html Proud Boys leader Henry ‘Enrique’ Tarrio sentenced to five months in jail] by Paul Duggan (August 23, 2021 at 6:57 p.m. EDT) ''The Washington Post''.</ref>

==White nationalism and anti-abortion activism==
Whites who want reproductive rights are usually at odds with White Nationalists. [[Inverse stopped clock|For example, in 1905 Teddy Roosevelt said that it was "race suicide" for white Americans if educated white women continued to have fewer children.]]<ref>https://www.politicalresearch.org/2010/04/29/abortion-as-black-genocide-an-old-scare-tactic-re-emerges/</ref> Look no farther than comment sections on conservative media outlets such as the Daily Wire for people saying that whites shouldn't have access to reproductive rights and [[Rape|should be forced to have children and families]] to combat "[[white genocide]]".

==Organizations==
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* [[Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging]] (English: Afrikaner Resistance Movement)
* [[Aryan Nations]]
* [[British National Party]]
* [[Council of Conservative Citizens]]<ref>{{cite web |title=[[https://web.archive.org/web/20020106021935/http://www.adl.org/learn/ext_us/CCCitizens.asp?xpicked=3&item=12 Council of Conservative Citizens]|accessdate=2008-02-14 |author= |year=2005 |work= |publisher=[[Anti-Defamation League]]}}</ref>
* [[Creativity Movement]]
* [[Identity Evropa]]
* [[Ku Klux Klan]]
* [[League of the South]]
* [[National Front]]
* [[National Policy Institute]]
* [[Nazi Party]]
* [[Matthew Heimbach#Traditionalist Worker Party|Traditionalist Worker Party]]
* [[Vigrid]]
* [[Youth for Western Civilization]]
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==Individuals==
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* [[Don Black]], founder of Stormfront
* [[Willis Carto]], America's leading Holocaust denier
* Craig Cobb, [[Creativity Movement]] member who tried to make Leith, [[North Dakota]] into an all-white homeland
* [[Ann Coulter]], "mainstream" conservative who sometimes traffics in white nationalist ideas
* [[Ian Stuart Donaldson]], British neo-Nazi leader of the band Skrewdriver
* [[Ricardo Duchesne]], one of the creators of the neo-Nazi cult known as "Esoteric Hitlerism" alongside Savitri Devi.
* [[David Duke]], the most infamous Klansman of all time
* [[George Lincoln Rockwell]], the father of the neo-Nazi movement in America
* [[Greg Johnson]], head of Counter-Currents Publishing
* [[Matthew Heimbach]], wife-beater/black woman-pusher and former leader of the now defunct Traditionalist Workers Party
* [[Kevin MacDonald]], author of ''The Culture of Critique''
* [[Tom Metzger]], leader of the violent White Aryan Resistance (WAR)
* [[William Luther Pierce]], another prominent neo-Nazi figure and leader of the defunct National Alliance
* [[Saga]], Swedish singer who wrote a song celebrating terrorist David Lane
* [[Richard Spencer]], the ringleader of the alt-right
* [[Jared Taylor]], founder of American Renaissance/AmRen
* [[Varg Vikernes]], Norweigian neo-Nazi
* [[Michael Coombs]], creepy neo-Nazi troll
* [[Christchurch terrorist attacks|Brenton Harrison Tarrant]], perpetrator of the Christchurch mosque terrorist attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand at Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre.
* [[Nicholas Fuentes]], host of the America First podcast on his own webshite now.
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==Media==
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* [[Chimpout.com]]
* [[The Daily Stormer]]
* [[Counter-Currents]]
* [[Metapedia]]
* [[Occidental Dissent]]
* [[Occidental Observer]]
* [[/pol/]]
* [[Rightpedia]]
* [[The Right Stuff]]
* [[Smoloko News]]
* [[Stormfront]]
* [[VDARE]]
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== Key concepts ==
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* [[Anti-Zionism]]
* Anti-[[multiculturalism]]
* [[Holocaust denial]]
* [[Know Nothing]]
* [[National anarchism]]
* [[White separatism]]
* [[White extinction scenario]]
*[[Race]]
*[[Racial pride]]
*[[Racialism]]
*[[White supremacy]]
*[[Third positionism]]
*[[Wingnut|Wingnuttery]]
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==See also==
*[[2021 U.S. coup attempt]] — White nationalist-fueled coup attempt<ref name=belew/>{{rp|252,258}}
*[[Christchurch terrorist attacks]] — White nationalist terrorist attack in Christchurch, [[New Zealand]] in 2019
*[[Christian Identity]]
*[[Distinction without a difference]]
*[[Heavy_metal#Racism_and_nationalism_in_metal|National Socialist black metal]]
*[[Timothy McVeigh]] — White nationalist blew up the federal building in Oklahoma City with the assistance of {{wpl|Terry Nichols}} in 1995
*[[Neo-Nazis]]
*[[Ruby Ridge]] — 1983 White nationalist standoff with the [[FBI]]
*[[States' Rights Democratic Party]]
*[[Unite the Right]] — White nationalist riot in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017
*[[White power|White power movement]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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