White separatism

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White separatism is a separatist political movement that seeks a homeland for white people.

White separatists generally claim genetic affiliation with Anglo-Saxon cultures, Nordic cultures, or other white European cultures. White separatists are often found among Christian Identity groups[citation needed], 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.[1]

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[edit] Origins

As European people colonized parts of Africa and North America, some white people desired to create new settlements of whites that could exist as nations similar to the nations of Europe. Thomas Jefferson wrote:

"Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate, than that these people are to be free; nor is it less certain that the two races, equally free, cannot live in the same government. Nature, habit, opinion have drawn indelible lines of distinction between them."[2]

At the dawn of the civil rights era, Abraham Lincoln, addressing the African American community, wrote:

For the sake of your race you should sacrifice something of your present comfort for the purpose of being as grand in that respect as the white people. ... The colony of Liberia has been in existence a long time. In a certain sense it is a success. ... They are not all American colonists or their descendants. Something less than 12,000 have been sent thither from this country. Many of the original settlers have died; yet, like people else-where, their offspring outnumber those deceased. The question is, if the colored people are persuaded to go anywhere, why not there? [3]

[edit] Criticism and counterpoint

Critics claim that contemporary white separatism is a public facade adopted by white supremacists.[4] Supporters of white separatism claim that describing white separatists as white supremacist is a media smear.[5] They claim that their desire to remove themselves from racially integrated society and to segregate based on race removes the possibility of subjugating other ethnicities, and thus has no relation to white supremacy. Kevin Alfred Strom, on the National Alliance's white separatist radio program American Dissident Voices, defined the difference between white separatism and supremacy this way:

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...[6]

[edit] Notable white separatists

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3719/is_200607/ai_n16855772/pg_4
  2. ^ http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson
  3. ^ Abraham Lincoln - The Writings of Abraham Lincoln V06 Page 36
  4. ^ STRATEGY OF WHITE SEPARATISM*, THE | Journal of Political and Military Sociology | Find Articles at BNET.com
  5. ^ Definitions
  6. ^ [1][dead link]