White supremacy: Encyclopedia II - White supremacy - Ideology in contemporary white supremacy

White supremacy - Ideology in contemporary white supremacy

While white supremacists share with white separatists a general opposition to racial mixing, especially interracial relationships and marriages, a distinguishing feature of modern Nazi-influenced white supremacy is the claim that Whites who are Nordic or Germanic should rule over Blacks, Jews, Muslims, Hispanics, Asians, Southern Europeans, Eastern Europeans, Middle Easterners, North Africans, non-Protestants, atheists, and homosexuals by virtue of the supposed innate superiority of so-called "pure" whites, upon which white supremacy is posited. (See also: Race and intelligence, The Bell Curve.)

There are different types of white supremacy; groups that would generally be classified as White supremacist may vary greatly in their ideology of race. White supremacists who follow the ideology of Nordicism and Germanicism only consider Northern European people who are Nordic or Germanic to be white, shunning Southern and Eastern Europe. According to the Nazis, Germany's Italian allies were not really white. The same with the Japanese. These beliefs were the basis for Nazism. Some white supremacist groups, particularly in German-speaking countries, actively proclaim themselves Nazis; and, collectively, the groups commonly are labeled neo-Nazi. Pan Europeanism is a White supremacist belief that accepts all native Europeans as White, a population that ranges from fair skinned Swedes to dark skinned Italians. Then there is Pan Aryanism, which accepts native Europeans from all of continental Europe and extends its definition to non-European Caucasoids such as some Middle Easterners, North Africans, and Central/West Asians. Yet not all Middle Easterners, North Africans and Central/West Asians are accepted by Pan-Aryanists as white. With regard to the acceptance of Middle Easterners from Pan Aryan White supremacists, Syrians, Lebanese, Turks (not as often as the other two), and Iranians are accepted as White, but Saudis and Yemenites are not.

Many who adhere to racialist doctrines do not use the term 'supremacist' because of the connotations it has with the desire to rule over those of other races. However, many of them do believe that the white race is superior to other races.

In the United States, some claim white supremacist movements are linked to fundamentalist Christianity or Christian Identity; but most Christians denounce the movement as fundamentally non-Christian. Some white supremacists such as Matthew F. Hale, even whilst claiming to follow a religion bearing the name "christian", consider violence to be a legitimate way to further their cause and dismiss mainstream Christianity as a mongrel or "suicidal" faith.

Other white supremacist groups identify themselves as Odinists. The white supremacist version of Odinism has little to do with Christian Identity, but there is one key similarity: their version of Odinism provides dualism - as does Christian Identity - with regard to the universe being composed of 'worlds of light' (white people) and 'worlds of dark' (non-white people). The most fundamental difference between the two ideologies is that Odinists believe in the old Norse gods and do not believe in the divinity of Jesus. Some groups, such as the South African Boeremag, even conflate elements of Christianity and Odinism.

Many white supremacist groups do not necessarily adhere to Christian Identity or other religious doctrines. Groups such as the American Nazi Party are largely politically, rather than religiously, motivated. The Ku Klux Klan (KKK), one of the most recognized white supremacist groups in the United States, proposes racial segregation that generally is not based on religious ideals, although some klan groups may be openly Christian Identity but accepting to other Protestants.

Many white supremacists still exist, yet congregate under alias groups of other names.

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