White separatism

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White separatism is a pro-white and mostly right-wing separatist political movement that seeks separate economic and cultural development for white people. White separatism is a form of White nationalism that is often condemned as a form of White supremacy by far-left and anti-white activists.[1]

Overview

White separatists generally claim genetic affiliation with Anglo-Saxon cultures, Nordic cultures, or other white European cultures. Some also affiliate with white ethnic cultures that developed outside of Europe, like the Neo-Confederates and Boer-Afrikaner Nationalists.[2] White separatists are often found among Christian Identity groups, some of whom refer to the United States as a "Zionist Occupation Government". As a result, many proposals have been submitted to create separate white homelands in locations such as the northwestern corner of the United States.

Advocates of racial separatism say that separatism differs from racial supremacy in that separatists believe that all races and ethnic groups should have the right to develop their own culture separately and any race should not dominate another. They argue that racial differences are genetically and socially important, and may strongly oppose miscegenation.[3]

Mostly non-white critics and progressive allies claim that contemporary white separatism is a public facade adopted by white supremacists.[4] However, supporters of white separatism claim that describing white separatists as white supremacist is a misnomer. White separatists claim that their desire to remove themselves from racially integrated society and to segregate based on race removes the possibility of subjugating other ethnic groups, and thus has no relation to white supremacy. Kevin Alfred Strom, on the National Alliance's white separatist radio program American Dissident Voices, stated:

"A separatist may believe that his race is superior to other races in some or all characteristics, but this is not his essential belief. The separatist is defined by his wish for freedom and independence for his people. He wishes them to have their own society, to be led by their own kind, to have a government which looks out for their interests alone. The separatist does not wish to live in a multiracial society at all, so he naturally has no desire to rule over other races..."

The many forms of white flight can be seen as related to a desire for white separatism.

Different forms of racial separatism

Racial separatism differs from racial segregation, which is characterized by separation of different racial groups within the same state—that is racial separation in daily life, such as eating in restaurants, drinking from water fountains, using restrooms, attending school, going to the movies, or in renting or purchasing a home. Racial segregation is enforced by the government of a multiracial nation, as in South Africa under apartheid or the Southern United States under Jim Crow laws, which seeks to separate different cultures within the borders of the same state.

The concept of homeland separatism is that all different ethnic or racial groups have the right to self-determination in their own homeland. The view is that no cultural group should govern over another, and different cultures should live in peace and harmony with each other by developing separately in their own nation state.

Opponents of South African apartheid claim that apartheid was a form of legalized racism, based on white superiority. However, supporters of apartheid generally say that apartheid was a form of separatism. The question remains, however, whether apartheid was a segregationist or a homeland-separatist policy. Some white separatists claim that apartheid was a form of homeland separatism and a foreign policy, which merely tolerated segregation in its implementation. Former South African politician Jann Schlebusch has often argued that apartheid was not racist, but rather a separatist policy based on the principle of equality for all ethnicities.

White ethnostate

A White ethnostate is a proposed type of state in which residence or citizenship would be limited to white people, and would exclude non-whites, such as black people, Asian people, Jews, Arabs, Hispanics and Latinos. Within the Anglosphere, the indigenous peoples of their respective countries would also be excluded from citizenship, such as American Indians, Aboriginal Canadians, Aboriginal Australians and the Maori people of New Zealand. In the United States, proposals for such a state are advanced by White nationalist and White separatist factions such as Ku Klux Klansmen and Neo-Nazis. Some of these factions claim that a certain part of the country should have a white majority, while other factions claim that the entire country should have a white majority. Most white ethnostate movements envision a state that will solely be inhabited by White Anglo-Saxon Protestants and/or people who are of Northern European descent. Historical attempts at establishing a white ethnostate include that in Apartheid-era South Africa, wherein the black population was pushed into areas known as Bantustans through various means, including deportations and racial segregation, with the aim of establishing separate states out of the resulting ethnically cleansed areas, the largest of which would be a white state.

Notable white separatists

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See also

References

  1. Cite book |last1=Dobratz |first1=Betty A. |last2=Shanks-Meile |first2=Stephanie L. |year=1997 |title=The White Separatist Movement in the United States: White Power, White Pride! |location=New York |publisher=Twayne Publishers |isbn=9780805738650 |oclc=37341476 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r59bGyH4lOAC
  2. (retrieved Nov 23, 2019) https://en.metapedia.org/wiki/White_separatism
  3. De Benoist, Alain. “What is Racism?” Telos, Vol. 1999, No. 114 (Winter 1999), pp. 11-48
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