Compare And Contrast The White Supremacy And The Alt-Right Movement

It has been said that America is designed to be a melting pot of culture from all over, and that is the reason why efforts to be more incorporating of other cultures have been practiced still as of today. However, there still exists a group of people who believe that America belongs to the white people and thus they believe that the aforementioned race is superior to the other races. These so-called white supremacists have been rising in prominence as of late since Donald Trump became president last year. They have been a source of controversy lately especially regarding their extreme views regarding how America should be run. Also, they have been involved in several movements such as the Charlottesville incident that happened a month ago. …show more content…
START defines white supremacy as basically the ideology that people who are considered members of the white race are superior to other races in moral and intellectual aspects. In essence, they believe that difference in skin tone and other genetic qualities make them advanced when it comes to morality and intelligence.
White supremacy places emphasis on the Aryan race. In other words, they advocate actions and beliefs that make the Aryan race retain their status as the most privileged one in the society particularly in the United States. In addition to this, they also target some groups such as women, Jews, African Americans, Muslims, Sikhs, LGBT people and the minorities. These people are often subject to prejudice and violence by these aforementioned …show more content…
The first and foremost was mentioned earlier—they believe that the white race is superior to all other races, which in itself is based from religious texts and other pseudoscientific evidences such as eugenics for example. Another belief that they have in common is the issue of white purity—they believe the whites should only procreate with other whites. Doing otherwise will introduce inferior genetic traits in their gene pool which will make for less than favorable offspring. This is also perpetrated by eugenics as well. They also believe in “white power” or advocacy of killing the people they perceive as inferior to them. This is called white genocide, and they believe that in doing so they pave the way for the white race to expand. Lastly, they have an idea of “weak whites”, people who cannot uphold the standing of white people due to limitations. In line with these, they also believe in “race traitors”, white people who should not be deemed worthy of their status because they did some unacceptable things such as mingling with other races or having more inclusive beliefs