White Power

White Power is a white nationalist political slogan, and a name for an associated ideology.

History

White Power as a political phrase

As a political phrase, "White Power" was coined by American Nazi Party founder George Lincoln Rockwell. He used the term in a 1966 debate with Stokely Carmichael of the Black Panther Party, after Carmichael issued a call for "Black Power". White Power became the name of the Party's newspaper, and the title of a book by Rockwell. Many white nationalists and white separatists have since used the phrase "White Power" to describe their political goal.

White Power as an ideology

The term "White Power" as an ideology has become closely associated with a racialist faction of the skinhead subculture. The skinhead scene first developed in the United Kingdom in the late 1960s. The movement was initially inclusive in nature, however, by the 1980s, influenced by the novels of Canadian-born author James Moffat (writing under the pseudonym "Richard Allen"), a sizable and vocal white power skinhead faction had formed; partly influenced by Ian Stuart Donaldson and his Rock Against Communism band, Skrewdriver. The band's 1983 EP, White Power, was the first white power rock music recording printed by White Noise Records.

Mainstream definitions of the term

The terms "white power skinheads" and "white power music", including white power rock and white power country music, are terms often used by politically correct sources, with white power used in a sense similar to the term white supremacy. Many of those labelled as such likely themselves do not use the label, and, if they do, they possibly use it with a meaning similar to that of George Lincoln Rockwell.

Wikipedia, applying a double standard, defines "Black Power" as: "Black Power is a political slogan and a name which is given to various associated ideologies which aim to achieve self-determination for black people. It is primarily, but not exclusively, used by black people activists and proponents of what the slogan entails in the United States. The Black Power movement was prominent in the late 1960s and early 1970s, emphasizing racial pride and the creation of black political and cultural institutions to nurture, promote and advance what was seen by proponents of the movement as being the collective interests and values of black Americans. The basis of Black Power is various ideologies that aim at achieving self-determination for black people in the U.S., dictating that black Americans create their own identities despite being subjected to pre-existing societal factors.", while its definition of "White Power" redirects to its article on white supremacy.

2016 Phil Anselmo controversy

In 2016, American heavy metal musician Phil Anselmo, the former singer of the Texas band Pantera, caused controversy and a major left-wing backlash by using the term at a memorial concert to his former bandmate, Dimebag Darrell, while making a Hitler salute, which led to his then-current band, Down, being struck off the roster at that year's Download Festival. Anselmo, who has described himself as "anti-racist" and an opponent of white nationalism, immediately denied accusations of racism, and donated to "anti-racist" organizations, such as the Simon Wiesenthal Center, in response to the backlash.

See also

• Anti-racist is a code word for anti-white
• Black Power
• Fourteen Words
• George Lincoln Rockwell
• It's OK to be white
• Pro-white
• White Pride