White supremacy
- White supremacist movement
Incidence
In the USA in 1993 it was reported that increasing numbers of white supremacists are forsaking local action, such as cross burning, to build larger, mainstream constituencies, notably through satellite television. One such programme is broadcast over 65 local cable channels. White supremacist views include advocacy of the the death penalty for homosexuals, anti-semitism (quotations from the Protocols of the Elders of Zion), and opposition to racial integration as a sin. It is alleged to be a violent sub-culture and a vanguard political cause. Such groups tend to have sympathies with neo-Nazi and right-wing radical movements.
Claim
Deeply ingrained notions of white supremacy are the reflections of a world view which puts the most powerful capitalist countries at the global centre, declaring them "developed", while the countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America are peripheralised and deemed to be "underdeveloped". These notions have to be challenged.