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Old July 9th, 2012 #25
Steven L. Akins
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Originally Posted by keifer View Post
Akins, how would you edit this link? Would you do it by adding your name to the list of notable individuals?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_nationalism
I would change or eliminate the parts that I have highlighted in bold italics:

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White nationalism is a political ideology which advocates a racial definition of national identity for white people. White separatism and white supremacism are subgroups within white nationalism.[1] The former seek a separate white nation state, while the latter add ideas from social Darwinism and National Socialism to their ideology.[1] Both schools of thought generally avoid the term supremacy, saying it has negative connotations.[2]

The contemporary white nationalist movement in the United States could be regarded as a reaction to what is perceived as a decline in white demographics, politics and culture.[3] According to Samuel P. Huntington, the contemporary white nationalist movement is increasingly cultured, intellectual and academically trained.[4] Some have suggested that rather than espousing violence, white nationalists tend to use statistics and social science data to argue for a self-conscious white identity.[5] By challenging established policies on immigration, civil rights and racial integration, white nationalists seek to build bridges with moderately conservative white citizens.[6]

History

According to one view, white nationalism is a product of the modern centralized state's emergence in the West, like all nationalisms.[16] The term originated as a self-description by some groups, primarily in the United States[citation needed], to describe their belief in a racially defined collective identity of white people.

In the 19th and early 20th century, racial definitions of the American nation were common, resulting in race-specific immigration restrictions, such as the Chinese Exclusion Act. The 1915 film Birth of a Nation is an example of an allegorical invocation of white nationalism during this time.[7]

A connection to the proto-Nazi Thule Society can be seen in its requirements for membership - the Thule-Society developed out of the "Germanic Order" in 1918, and those who wanted to join the Order in 1917 had to sign a special "blood declaration of faith" concerning the lineage: "The signer hereby swears to the best of his knowledge and belief that no Jewish or coloured blood flows in either his or in his wife's veins, and that among their ancestors are no members of the coloured races." [17] And the Nazi ideologist Alfred Rosenberg said on the 29th of May 1938 on the Steckelburg in Schlüchtern: "It is however certain that all of us share the fate of Europe, and that we shall regard this common fate as an obligation, because in the end the very existence of White people depends on the unity of the European continent."[18]

The White Australia ideal was semi-official policy in Australia until 1975. In South Africa, white nationalism was championed by the National Party[19] starting in 1948, as opposition to apartheid heated up.[20]

Starting in the 1960s, white nationalism grew in the United States as the conservative movement developed in mainstream society.[21] Samuel P. Huntington argues that it developed as a reaction to a perceived decline in the essence of American identity as European, Anglo-Protestant and English-speaking.[22] The slogan "white power" was coined by American Nazi Party leader George Lincoln Rockwell, who used the term in a debate with Stokely Carmichael of the Black Panther Party, after Carmichael issued a call for "black power".[citation needed]
In recent years, the Internet has provided an expansion of audiences for white nationalism.[23]

Criticism

Anti-racist organizations generally have argued that ideas such as white pride and white nationalism exist merely to provide a sanitized public face for white supremacy.[24] Kofi Buenor Hadjor argues that black nationalism is a response to racial discrimination, while white nationalism is the expression of white supremacy.[25] Other critics have described white nationalism as a "...somewhat paranoid ideology" based upon the publication of pseudo-academic studies.[26]

Carol M. Swain argues that the unstated goal of white nationalism is to appeal to a larger audience, and that most white nationalist groups promote white separatism and racial violence.[27] Opponents accuse white nationalists of hatred, racial bigotry and destructive identity politics.[3][28] White supremacist groups have a history of perpetrating hate crimes, particularly against people of Jewish or African descent.[29] Examples include the lynching of black people by the Ku Klux Klan (KKK).

Some critics argue that white nationalists — while posturing as civil rights groups advocating the interests of their racial group — frequently draw on the nativist traditions of the KKK and the British National Front.[30] Critics have noted the anti-semitic rhetoric used by white nationalists, as highlighted by the promotion of conspiracy theories such as Zionist Occupation Government.[31]
I don't like the way those parts are worded or some of the statements that are made.

I see no reason to bring myself into such an article as I am not an activist figure nor do I have any sort of prominent standing in the movement. I'm just one of many voices out there that tries to focus more on ideas and improving methodology than on reactionary displays.

It is my view that if Wikipedia could be successfully infiltrated that our efforts would be better placed on exposing the opposition rather than a revision of material that pertains directly to WN, as going in and focusing on revisions of WN related articles would send up red flags immediately.

Last edited by Steven L. Akins; July 9th, 2012 at 11:11 PM.