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Christian Identity

Christian Identity is a religious sect and one of the longstanding segments of the white supremacist movement in the United States. It emerged in its modern form in the 1960s. Its beliefs center on a racist and antisemitic variation of British-Israelism or Anglo-Israelism, which teaches that people of European ancestry are actually descended from the so-called "Lost Tribes" of ancient Israel and are thus the chosen people of God. Identity believers claim that non-whites were created by God not when God made "man," but rather when he created the "beasts of the field," and they refer to non-whites as "mud peoples." Many Identity adherents furthermore believe that Jews are descended from Satan through a sexual liaison between Eve and the serpent. They are not Christian fundamentalists, who strongly oppose their views.

This database provides an overview of many of the terms and individuals used by or associated with movements and groups that subscribe to and/or promote extremist or hateful ideologies.

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The American Futurist

The American Futuris…

The American Futurist is an online accelerationist media platform run primarily by several former members of Atomwaffen Division, a now-defunct neo-Nazi accelerationist group. Founded in 2020, The American Futurist seeks to promote and spread white supremacist... Read more

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Bullion State Nationalists (BSN)

Bullion State Nation…

Formed in 2023, Bullion State Nationalists (BSN) is a small white supremacist group mainly active in the St. Louis, Missouri metropolitan area. The group claims to have members in multiple states, including Missouri, Illinois and eastern Kansas... Read more

Groups / Movements White supremacist
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2119 Crew

2119 Crew

2119 Crew (aka Blood and Soil Crew, 2=B 1=A 19=S) is a white supremacist group that was formed in Florida in 2022. Previous iterations of the group have also gone by Revolutionary White Brotherhood (RWB). The group... Read more

Groups / Movements White supremacist
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Trinity White Knights

Trinity White Knights

Trinity White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (TWK) is a small Kentucky-based Klan group founded by William Marcus Bader in 2012. In 2023, the group reemerged after several years of inactivity, gaining media attention after distributing... Read more

Groups / Movements White supremacist
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