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This article is about the white nationalist conspiracy theory. For the article about the Armenian term, see White Genocide.
Anti-immigrant protesters in Calais hold a banner in French reading "Diversity is a code word for white genocide", November 8, 2015

The white genocide conspiracy theory is a white nationalist and supremacist conspiracy theory[1] that mass immigration, racial integration, miscegenation, low fertility rates and abortion are being promoted in predominantly white countries to deliberately turn them minority-white and hence cause white people to become extinct through forced assimilation.[2] The phrase "Anti-racist is a code word for anti-white", coined by high-profile white nationalist Robert Whitaker, is commonly associated with the topic of white genocide.[3][4] It has appeared on billboards in the United States near Birmingham, Alabama[5] and in Harrison, Arkansas.[6] The conspiracy theory had already been purported in Nazi Germany by a pamphlet written for the "Research Department for the Jewish question" of Walter Frank's "Reich Institute" with the title "Are the White Nations Dying? The Future of the White and the Colored Nations in the Light of Biological Statistics".[7]

Origins

The phrase first appeared sporadically in the neo-Nazi publications White Power[8] and WAR[9] in the 1970s and 1980s, where it primarily referred to contraception and abortion. The conspiracy theory was developed by the neo-Nazi David Lane in his White Genocide Manifesto (c. 1995, origin of the later use of the term),[10][11][12][8] where he made the claim that the government policies of many Western countries had the intent of destroying white European culture and making white people an "extinct species".[13] Lane—a founding member of the organization The Order—criticized miscegenation, abortion, homosexuality, the legal repercussions against those who "resist genocide", and the "Zionist Occupation Government" that he said controls the United States and the other majority-white countries and which encourages "white genocide". It is rooted in "doctrines of universalism both secular and religious", according to Lane, and it may have been a factor that led to the murder of anti-Nazi Jewish talk-show commentator Alan Berg in 1984.[clarification needed] Prior to his murder, Berg regularly taunted racists on his show.[13]

While individual iterations of the conspiracy theory vary on who is assigned blame, Jewish influence, people who hate whites,[14] and liberal political forces are commonly cited by white supremacists as being the main factors leading to a white genocide.[15][16][17][18] This view is held by prominent figures such as David Duke, who cites Jews and "liberal political ideals" as the main causes.[19][20] White nationalist Robert Whitaker, who coined the phrase "anti-racist is a code word for anti-white", uses "anti-White" to describe those whom he believes are responsible for the genocide of white people, and he has singled out Jews as a contributing force.[21][22][23][better source needed]

However, the view that Jews are responsible for a white genocide is contested by other white supremacist figures, such as Jared Taylor.[24]

South Africa

Far-right and alt-right figures, such as singer Steve Hofmeyr, have claimed that a "white genocide" is taking place in South Africa.[25] The manifesto of far-right terrorist Anders Behring Breivik entitled 2083: A European Declaration of Independence devotes an entire section to an alleged "genocide" against Afrikaners. It also contains several other references to alleged persecution of whites in South Africa.[25] Mike Cernovich, an American alt-right commentator, has previously stated that "white genocide in South Africa is real."[26] The survivalist group the Suidlanders has claimed credit for publicizing the issue internationally.[27]

Africa Check, a fact-checking organisation, has rejected these claims as false: "In fact, whites are less likely to be murdered than any other race group." Africa Check reported that while whites account for nearly 9% of the South African population they represent just 1.8% of murder victims. Lizette Lancaster from the Institute for Security Studies has said that "Whites are far less likely to be murdered than their black or coloured counterparts."[28]

Discourse

Anders Behring Breivik's entitled manifesto makes frequent mention of an alleged ongoing genocide against white Europeans.[13] In 2016, Donald Trump garnered controversy after retweeting Twitter user @WhiteGenocideTM,[29] and @EustaceFash, whose Twitter header image at the time also included the term "white genocide".[30] A 2016 analysis of his Twitter feed during the Republican presidential primaries showed that 62% of those that he chose to retweet in an average week followed multiple accounts which discussed the conspiracy theory, and 21% followed prominent white nationalists online.[31] Andrew Anglin of the neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer said that "it isn't statistically possible that two ['white genocide' tweets] back to back could be a random occurrence. It could only be deliberate [...] Today in America the air is cold and it tastes like victory."[30]

Discussion threads on the white nationalist Internet forum Stormfront often center around the theme of white people being subjected to genocidal policies by their governments.[13]

The notion of racial purity, homogeneity, or "racial hygiene" is an underlying theme of the white genocide discourse and it has been used by people with neo-Nazi and white supremacist backgrounds.[14][32]

The concept of white genocide has been popularized by the alt-right movement in the United States.[33][34] Notable alt-right figures who promote the idea of a "white genocide" include Brittany Pettibone,[35][36] Mike Enoch,[37] and Alex Jones.[38]

See also

References

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  3. ^ "Billboard from 'white genocide' group goes up in Ala". Retrieved 8 July 2016. 
  4. ^ "Where does that billboard phrase, 'Anti-racist is a code word for anti-white,' come from? It's not new". Retrieved 8 July 2016. 
  5. ^ Underwood, Madison (30 June 2014). "Where does that billboard phrase, 'Anti-racist is a code word for anti-white,' come from? It's not new". AL.com. Retrieved 29 May 2016. 
  6. ^ Byng, Rhonesha (7 November 2013). "Arkansas Town Responds To Controversial 'Anti-Racist Is A Code Word For Anti-White' Sign". Huffington Post. Retrieved 29 May 2016. 
  7. ^ Dr. Friedrich Burgdörfer: "Sterben die weißen Völker? Die Zukunft der weißen und farbigen Völker im Lichte der biologischen Statistik", Munich, Callwey, 1934, 88 pages.
  8. ^ a b "Fear of White Genocide | Kevan A. Feshami". Lapham’s Quarterly. Retrieved 2018-01-20. 
  9. ^ Novick, Michael (1995). White Lies, White Power: The Fight Against White Supremacy and Reactionary Violence. Common Courage Press. p. 155. ISBN 9781567510508. 
  10. ^ Berger, J.M. "How 'The Turner Diaries' Changed White Nationalism". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2017-11-24. The manifesto itself was soon reduced to the simple phrase 'white genocide,' which proliferated at the start of the 21st century and has become the overwhelmingly dominant meme of modern white nationalism. 
  11. ^ Dessem, Matthew (2016-12-26). "Drexel University, Apparently Unfamiliar With White Supremacist Lingo, Censures Prof For 'White Genocide' Tweet". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Retrieved 2017-11-24. Although it's difficult to date precisely, white supremacist publishing houses being somewhat less reliable than Simon & Schuster, that honor probably belongs to the late David Lane, terrorist, white supremacist, and author of an execrable little essay called 'White Genocide Manifesto.'  
  12. ^ Stack, Liam (2017-08-15). "Alt-Right, Alt-Left, Antifa: A Glossary of Extremist Language". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-01-20. 
  13. ^ a b c d Jackson, Paul (1 May 2015). "'White genocide': Postwar fascism and the ideological value of evoking existential conflicts". In Cathie Carmichael, Richard C. Maguire. The Routledge History of Genocide. Routledge. pp. 207–226. ISBN 9781317514848. 
  14. ^ a b Carmichael, Cathie; Maguire, Richard (1 May 2015). The Routledge History of Genocide. Routledge. p. 215. ISBN 978-1-317-51484-8. 
  15. ^ Kivisto, Peter; Rundblad, Georganne (2000). Multiculturalism in the United States: Current Issues, Contemporary Voices. SAGE Knowledge. pp. 57–60. ISBN 9780761986485. Retrieved 1 May 2015. 
  16. ^ King, Richard; Leonard, David. Beyond Hate: White Power and Popular Culture. Ashgate Publishing. p. 100.  "Jesse Daniels argues that white nationalists discursively link Jews and their purported promotion of race mixing through their control of the media with their goal to commit “the genocide of the white race”"
  17. ^ Ferber, Abby (1999). White Man Falling: Race, Gender, and White Supremacy. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 124.  "According to White Power article entitled "Jews Planning White Genocide," "world Jewry's chilling Final Solution [is] the physical and spiritual genocide of the White race they despise"
  18. ^ Jackson, Paul (1 May 2015). "'White genocide': Postwar fascism and the ideological value of evoking existential conflicts". In Cathie Carmichael, Richard C. Maguire. The Routledge History of Genocide. Routledge. pp. 207–226. ISBN 9781317514848. Retrieved 17.07.2015
  19. ^ Bridges, Tyler (1994). The Rise of David Duke. Univ. Press of Mississippi,. p. 23.  "Duke believed Jews were engaged in a conspiracy to weaken the white race by using the media to promote integration and race mixing... race mixing, Duke believed, meant white genocide"
  20. ^ Jackson, Paul (1 May 2015). "'White genocide': Postwar fascism and the ideologcal value of evoking existential conflicts" p. 212 In Cathie Carmichael, Richard C. Maguire. The Routledge History of Genocide. Routledge. pp. 207–226. ISBN 9781317514848. Retrieved 17.07.2015 "Duke's current website hosts a variety of essays that develop the idea that white people are being subjected to a genocide. Again we see a key linkage here between raising the idea of a white genocide and decrying liberal political ideals. In one such essay, 'The Genocide of the White Race is Promoted by Liberals', the point is set out as follows:...The actions being taken by liberal governments to force non-White into every White nation will eventually eliminate the White race itself"
  21. ^ Robert/Bob Whitaker (2015): Bob's Reply to NY Times Op-Ed Article. Whitakeronline.org/blog. Retrieved: 15.07.2015
  22. ^ Whittaker, Bob. "Repeat: Hatred is for Traitors". Whitakeronline.org. Retrieved 15 July 2015. "A Jew is effectively in uniform. He is a Jew and he would therefore be very happy if all the white Goyim disappeared from the earth. The only problem is that white gentiles refuse to understand that every word Jews utter about white gentiles is a demand for our end, our genocide, our termination"
  23. ^ Robert/Bob Whitaker (2015): WHITE SELF-HATRED IS SICK!!!. Whitakeronline.org/blog. Retrieved: 15.07.2015.
  24. ^ Arnold, Kathleen (2011). Anti-Immigration in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia: A Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 508. Unlike many other white supremacists, Taylor is not anti-Semitic, and in fact encourages Jews to join his fight...however many within the white supremacist/anti-immigration movement disagree with Taylor, most notably David Duke, and he has been under tremendous pressure to break ties with the Jewish community. Taylor, at least for now, has refused to submit to this pressure and continues to work with Jews to further his platform. 
  25. ^ a b Villet, Charles (23 February 2017). "Donald Trump, white victimhood and the South African far-right". The Conversation. Retrieved 24 March 2018. 
  26. ^ "Trump's Alt-Right coming to SA - IOL News". 
  27. ^ "SA conservative group takes credit for increased 'white genocide' awareness". News24. 
  28. ^ "Are SA whites really being killed 'like flies'? Why Steve Hofmeyr is wrong". 
  29. ^ CNN, Tal Kopan (January 22, 2016). "Donald Trump retweets 'White Genocide' Twitter user". CNN. Retrieved March 15, 2017. 
  30. ^ a b Kharakh, Ben; Primack, Dan (March 22, 2016). "Donald Trump's Social Media Ties to White Supremacists". Fortune. Retrieved March 15, 2017. 
  31. ^ Staufenberg, Jess (January 28, 2016). "Turns out Donald Trump 'mostly' retweets white supremacist sympathisers". The Independent. Retrieved March 15, 2017. 
  32. ^ Waltman, Michael; Haas, John (2011). The Communication of Hate. Peter Lang Publishing. p. 27. Retrieved 10 August 2015. Race categories are organized hierarchically to reflect differences that are inherent in the essence of these categories. These differences justify and underlie the hostility that is expressed toward inferior groups. This hostility further fuels the drive for racial purity. "Race-mixing" is treated as genocide and is understood to be the goal of all non-whites. 
  33. ^ "Alt Right: A Primer about the New White Supremacy". Anti-Defamation League. Retrieved 2017-04-26. 
  34. ^ Roy, Jessica (2016-11-16). "'Cuck,' 'snowflake,' 'masculinist': A guide to the language of the 'alt-right'". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-04-26. 
  35. ^ "I went behind the front lines with the far-right agitators who invaded Berkeley". Mother Jones. Retrieved 2017-04-26. 
  36. ^ "Here's What Really Happened At Saturday's Berkeley Riot". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2017-04-26. 
  37. ^ Wilson, Jason (2016-08-23). "'A sense that white identity is under attack': making sense of the alt-right". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-04-26. 
  38. ^ "Hatewatch Headlines 9/27/2017". Southern Poverty Law Center. September 27, 2017. Retrieved March 11, 2018. Alex Jones complains that NFL players are ‘kneeling to white genocide.’ 
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