March 27, 2019
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The Global Threat of White Supremacy
A disease that’s
never been
quarantined
t raCey l. r ogers
It’s time to talk
about white suprem-
acy.
White
suprema-
cy — the belief that
white people are
somehow superior to
people of other ra-
cial backgrounds, and
should therefore politically, eco-
nomically, and socially rule non-
white people — isn’t going away
any time soon.
It’s been deeply woven into the
fabric of our culture, systemically
and institutionally ingrained into
this country’s DNA. It’s at the root
of every racist act. It’s metasta-
sized into the soil of this land and
beyond, shaping our nation — and
our world — as it stands today.
White supremacy is a disease
that’s never been quarantined
or contained. It’s as widespread
and destructive as it’s ever been,
erupting in extreme displays like
the massacre at twin mosques in
by
Christchurch, New Zealand by a
self-proclaimed white suprema-
cist.
President Trump is quick to ex-
aggerate any alleged threat posed
by immigrants or Muslims. But
when asked by reporters
if he believed that white
nationalism was a rising
threat, he responded: “I
don’t really. I think it’s a
very small group of peo-
ple that have serious prob-
lems.”
Trump’s dismissive re-
sponse echoed similarly
jarring comments blaming “both
sides” for the 2017 white nation-
alist rally that left one person dead
in Charlottesville, Virginia.
The real problem is that the
attacks in New Zealand indeed
reflect a growing threat world-
wide of white supremacist terror-
ism, according to former FBI and
Homeland Security officials.
In the United States, domestic
terror at the hands of white na-
tionalists is on the rise. The most
recent incident involved a U.S.
Coast Guard lieutenant, a self-pro-
claimed white nationalist, who
created a “hit list” of progressive
leaders, activists, and media per-
sonalities he intended to kill.
In fact, one recent study
showed that white supremacists
committed virtually every single
act of terror in the United States
last year. These incidents and oth-
ers documented by the Southern
Poverty Law Center expose a new
iteration of white supremacist re-
surgence, with hate that dates back
centuries.
You can see it even in “ordi-
nary” political speech.
Rhetoric used throughout his-
tory labeling Indigenous peo-
ple as “savages” and Africans
as “brutes” is shamelessly being
repeated by Donald Trump to de-
scribe immigrants seeking asylum
in the United States. His reference
to Haiti and African nations as
“s—hole” countries bespeaks an
oppressive colonial mentality that
depicted non-white countries as
being uncivilized.
In his 74-page manifesto, the
New Zealand terrorist admitted he
committed his crimes to “show the
invaders that our land will never
be their land,” and praised Trump
as “a symbol of renewed white
identity and common purpose.”
We’re not witnessing the acts
of “a very small group of people.”
We’re witnessing a terror that has
spanned the globe, from the Brit-
ish Empire to Nazi Germany to
the Jim Crow South and now to
New Zealand.
Is it a coincidence that Trump
would deny white nationalism is
on the rise, while simultaneously
using it as a framework to impose
harsh restrictions on immigration
and other policies?
This resurgence of white su-
premacy is rooted in a fear of
what activists refer to as its “dis-
mantling” — the stripping away
of white supremacist rules, sys-
tems, beliefs and ideologies. That
can’t be done without understand-
ing its origins or its fundamental
violence — or the fact that ideo-
logues like those in power today
have little else to offer working
white people.
To state it plainly, all people are
equal. The perpetuation of racist
ideas is one big fallacy; so too is
the legacy of white supremacy.
The sooner we name it and dis-
mantle it, the better for all of us,
whatever our color.
Tracey L. Rogers is an en-
trepreneur and activist living in
Northern Virginia. Distributed by
OtherWords.org.
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