White supremacy

White supremacy is an ideology which holds that the white race is superior to other races. White supremacy is most often thought of in connection with anti-black racism and anti-Semitism, though it has also been used to justify discrimination against Native Americans, Chinese, Irish, Southeast Asians, and others.

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White race - Races - Racism - Anti-Semitism - Discrimination - Native Americans - Chinese - Irish - Southeast Asia

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For example, politically, socially and economically, the United States before and after Reconstruction was white supremacist, as was apartheid-era South Africa. The extent and nature of white supremacy's continuing influence in Western culture is a subject of ongoing debate.

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Reconstruction - Apartheid - South Africa

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White supremacy is sometimes used in a more limited sense to indicate a philosophical belief that whites are not only superior to others, but should rule over them. White separatist and white nationalist groups often use this more limited definition in order to distinguish themselves from white supremacists.

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White separatist - White nationalist

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White supremacy, as with supremacism in general, is rooted in ethnocentrism and a desire for hegemony. It contains varying degrees of racism and xenophobia. Associations of white supremacy with ethnic cleansing and racial separation are common, but not necessarily intrinsic.

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Supremacism - Ethnocentrism - Hegemony - Racism - Xenophobia - Ethnic cleansing - Racial separation

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