The Victim Ideology of White Supremacists and White Separatists in the United States

“It is just SICKENING”: Emotions and discourse in an anti-immigrant discussion forum

“…Right wing social movement organizations, such as white supremacists, are particularly susceptible to the application of a racist stigma. In response, social movement actors develop accounts that neutralize this stigma by reversing the victim and perpetrator (Berbrier 2000;Ferber 1998). This tactic is similar to a technique of neutralization, condemning the condemners, whereby those who break the law neutralize their breach by challenging the morality of those labeling them as deviant (Sykes and Matza 1957).…”

“…I draw from Berbrier's (1998;2000) research on how white supremacists pull from a larger cultural schema to construct victim frames and neutralize a racist stigma. While Berbrier's research analyzed archival records, supremacist printed materials, television appearances, and supremacist accounts in mainstream print media, I illustrate how online discussion forums facilitate a group performance.…”

“…This may be particularly pertinent for right wing organizations that are often portrayed in the media or by liberal social movement groups as being racist (Sohoni 2006). Research on white supremacists suggests that members do feel stigmatized and respond with a range of strategies, including hiding one's stigmatized identity around strangers or work places, avoiding certain conversation topics with people unsympathetic, and giving accounts that neutralize the negative stigma (Berbrier 1998(Berbrier , 1999(Berbrier , 2000Simi and Futrell 2009). Members of nativist organizations may similarly see themselves as targets for potential racist stigma and develop strategies to combat the negative label (Bloch 2014;Sohoni 2006).…”

Ignorerade band. Politik och ofullständiga ontologier i forskning om Sverigedemokraterna

“…Det är därför ingen överraskning att vissa etnonationalister förespråkar åtgärder som liknar mångkulturalism -assimilationens motpol -som till exempel etableringen av shariazoner i Europa, fortsatt användning av slöja bland Europas muslimska kvinnor, olika etniska skolor, samt en separation av identitet och nationellt medborgarskap. Denna inställning växer snabbt inom den nationalistiska rörelsen i hela Europa och kallas av forskare för heterophilia (Taguieff 2001(Taguieff [1987), the new racism (Gordon & Klug 1986;Berbrier 1998;2000), differential racism (Balibar 2002) och multi-fascism (Fleischer 2014).…”

Critical events in the life trajectories of domestic extremist white supremacist groups

“…These groups espouse "traditional values"; categorize individuals into "in groups" and "out groups" based on race, religion, or citizenship; and delegitimize the out group. political groups seek to overthrow the government (Berlet and Vysotsky, 2006) and they spread their message by distributing literature and organizing rallies (Berbrier, 2000;Blazak, 2001;Futrell, Simi, and Gottschalk, 2006). We chose the National alliance to represent the political category because it was the leading neo-Nazi organization in the 1990s and it has existed for more than three decades (Gardell, 2003;Michael, 2003b).…”