White Lives Matter
White Lives Matter is a pro-white political slogan, and the name of an associated white nationalist organization. It seeks to address the persistent and pernicious anti-white sentiment in the mainstream media and far-left politics.
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As a political slogan
As a political slogan, "White Lives Matter" began in response to the Black Lives Matter movement. It seeks to address racism against white people. The Aryan Renaissance Society, a white nationalist organization, was one group that initially promoted the phrase. Within a year, the term was used by the Ku Klux Klan. On August 12, 2017, the slogan was chanted by protesters during the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Following the death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, the slogan was used by some critics as a backlash against the rioting and looting that followed. In June 2020, a banner bearing the slogan "White Lives Matter Burnley" flew over a Burnley Football Club Premier League match in the United Kingdom.[1] On October 3, 2022, rapper Kanye West and conservative political commentator Candace Owens, both African Americans, wore t-shirts bearing the slogan at West's Yeezy fashion show in Paris, France.[2]
As an organization
As an organization, "White Lives Matter" is part of the Nationalist Front coalition, which also includes the American National Socialist Movement, along with other white nationalist and white separatist organizations. The organization was founded with the purpose of exposing the alleged existence of a program of mostly non-violent "white genocide" that is said to be carried out through population replacement. The group also claims that different races have genetically determined differences in personality traits and skill sets. However, they claim that, due to political correctness, which they consider to be a secular religion, these differences can not be discussed or acknowledged.[3]
On October 28, 2017, numerous White Lives Matter rallies broke out in Tennessee. Dominated in Shelbyville particularly, protesters justified their movement in response to the increasing number of illegal immigrants to Middle Tennessee. The group has also been active in the United Kingdom, albeit with a low turnout.
Designation as a hate group by the Anti-Defamation League and Southern Poverty Law Center
In response, the Southern Poverty Law Center added "White Lives Matter" to its list of Neo-Nazi hate groups in August 2016.[4] It is also considered a hate group and hate symbol by the Anti-Defamation League.[5]
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References
- ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53155943
- ↑ https://www.foxnews.com/media/white-lives-matter-shirt-expose-hatred-white-people-candace-owens
- ↑ pro and con websites (retrieved Jul 29, 2017) http://www.whitelivesmatter.com/ | http://www.debate.org/forums/society/topic/93535/12/
- ↑ White Lives Matter declared a hate group by extremist monitor". RT. August 30, 2016. Retrieved September 15, 2016. https://www.rt.com/usa/357685-white-lives-matter-hate/
- ↑ https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounder/white-lives-matter
