Afrikaner nationalism rested on interwoven discourses of racial purity and heroic autonomy

Evidence

Historically, Afrikaner identity has drawn heavily on Afrikaner nationalism, which depended on several tightly interwoven discourses. These centred on themes of religious, racial, and cultural purity, superiority, calling, and the struggle for autonomy against oppression – which included the struggle for an independent language. — Cornel Verwey and Michael Quayle, Whiteness, racism, and Afrikaner…, 13

Categorization

• XREF: Frames the reader’s whole question: what these purity/superiority/calling/nationalist discourses look like once stripped of actual state power — the displacement experiment the reader is studying. — connects to: Afrikaner nationalism sacralized ethnic identity as a divine calling to rule southern Africa — Cornel Verwey and Michael Quayle, Whiteness, racism, and Afrikaner…, 14; Afrikaner identity formed as a reaction against the threat of racial mixture; Anticipatory threat of mixture forged Afrikaner ethnic mobilization and racial theology. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 1383 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Afrikaner identity formed as a reaction against the threat of racial mixture #expands (0.85)
• Anticipatory threat of mixture forged Afrikaner ethnic mobilization and racial theology. #expands (0.85) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1383
• Afrikaner segregationism rested on degeneration fears and racial historicism #expands (0.85) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1497
• Afrikaner identity crystallized from the perceived twin threats of British and black #expands (0.80) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1382