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GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Hate Group

An organization whose goals and activities are primarily or substantially based on a shared antipathy towards people of one or more other different races, religions, ethnicities/nationalities/national origins, genders, and/or sexual identities. The mere presence of bigoted members... Read more

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White Separatism

White separatism is a form of white supremacy that emphasizes the idea that white people should exist separately from all inferior, non-white races, whether by establishing an all-white community somewhere or removing non-whites from their midst. Some... Read more

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Traditional White Su…

Traditional white supremacists are one of the major segments of the white supremacist movement in the United States, as well as the oldest. The term is used to refer to a variety of groups and individuals whose... Read more

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GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Creativity

Creativity, sometimes known as the Creativity Movement, is a fake religion created by white supremacist Ben Klassen in the 1970s as a different way to spread common white supremacist concepts. It is based on the claim that... Read more
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Day of the Rope

Day of the Rope is a white supremacist concept that draws on fictional mass murders of "race traitors" in The Turner Diaries. The phrase is sometimes shortened to a hashtag or "dotr," or written out as "The... Read more
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GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Fashwave

Fashwave is a genre of white supremacist music popular with the alt right that started around 2016. The style is similar to that of techno, frequently without lyrics. The song and artist names associated with the genre... Read more
Key Concepts / Definitions White supremacist
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Optics debate

The optics debate refers to a debate among white supremacists about whether it is better to promote their white supremacist ideology via overtly National Socialist symbolism (swastikas, for example), or with less overtly racist imagery (including American... Read more
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GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Skinhead

The skinhead subculture includes both racists and non-racists (see SHARP entry). They share many common elements, such as head shaving, clothing, tattoos and symbols, rituals and music. However - racist skinheads have come to compose one of... Read more
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The "Antifa Manual"

The so-called "Antifa Manual," which has circulated online for years, is not authentic. Debunked by Snopes in 2017, images labeled as an "antifa manual" accompany language designed to sow division and feature many statements that do not... Read more
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The Great Awakening

"The Great Awakening" refers to Q's dissemination of information, which began in October 2017. QAnon adherents believe that they are part of a vast intelligence operation designed to slowly awaken the American people to the truth about... Read more
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