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white nationalism
[hwahyt nash-uh-nl-iz-uhm, nash-nuh-liz-uhm, wahyt]
noun
the belief, theory, or doctrine that white people are inherently superior to people from all other racial and ethnic groups, and that in order to preserve their white, European, and Christian cultural identities, they need or deserve a segregated geographical area, preferential treatment, and special legal protections.
Other Word Forms
- white nationalist noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of white nationalism1
Example Sentences
It is thus no surprise that the leaders undertaking these actions have embraced white nationalism and antisemitic conspiracies.
As we experience Donald Trump’s twenty-first-century version of White nationalism, how we dealt with that difficult past should help us remember that we lived through terrible times by confronting them and that we can do so again, even in the terrible Trump era.
Many retreated and disbanded their groups, some denounced white nationalism, some got divorces, some struggled with addiction, a few died by suicide.
He adds that explicitly rejecting fascism and white nationalism "should be worth a few dozen tweets, wouldn’t you say?"
Now, on the eve of Trump’s second inauguration, with a solidly conservative majority ensconced on the Supreme Court and Republicans in control of the House and the Senate, the disastrous consequences of that logic are upon us — as is the urgent need to develop and promote a progressive alternative to climate catastrophe, white nationalism, imperial adventure and middle-class collapse that is capable of persuading voters, whether inside or outside the Democratic Party.
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