Nonwhite Americans can perpetuate white-supremacist cultural frameworks

Evidence

Christian nationalism is not confined to people living in a particular region—such as the South. Americans with varying levels of education embrace Christian nationalism. It isn’t found only among the rich or the poor. Christian nationalism exists in rural, suburban, and urban communities. Racial and ethnic minorities embrace white Christian nationalism. It is not limited to white Americans alone. It is important to mention here how the “white” of white Christian nationalism does not necessarily refer to the skin color or racial identity of an individual American who might embrace it. Rather, it refers to “whiteness,” the values, habits, beliefs, behaviors, and attitudes that result in the organization of society in such a way that white Americans, as a group, tend to have greater access to power, privilege, wealth, and other benefits bestowed by various social institutions. Therefore, nonwhite Americans can still participate in and perpetuate systems or cultural frameworks, such as white Christian nationalism, that serve to uphold a racialized society in which one group tends to benefit at the expense of other groups. — Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry, 168

It is important to mention here how the “white” of white Christian nationalism does not necessarily refer to the skin color or racial identity of an individual American who might embrace it. Rather, it refers to “whiteness,” the values, habits, beliefs, behaviors, and attitudes that result in the organization of society in such a way that white Americans, as a group, tend to have greater access to power, privilege, wealth, and other benefits bestowed by various social institutions. Therefore, nonwhite Americans can still participate in and perpetuate systems or cultural frameworks, such as white Christian nationalism, that serve to uphold a racialized society in which one group tends to benefit at the expense of other groups. — Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry, 169

Categorization

• DEFINE: Crucial clarification that whiteness refers to a structural position, not skin color.
• XREF: Parallels arguments about how colonized peoples can uphold colonial categories — internalized domination. — connects to: Nazi racial policy was modeled on American white supremacy — Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry, 746; Nonwhite people can be deeply racist and central to white supremacy’s maintenance — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3653; Coalitional antiracist identity politics suppressed internal differences among the nonwhite — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 151 (+2 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry, 168; Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry, 169

Broader Connections

• Nonwhite people can be deeply racist and central to white supremacy’s maintenance #corroborates (0.95) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3653
• Coalitional antiracist identity politics suppressed internal differences among the nonwhite #expands (0.75) — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 151
• Multicultural tolerance can mask racism as respect for culture #expands (0.72)