White supremacist violence is analyzed without racial profiling theories.

Evidence

One does not need a doctorate in sociology or psychology to see that this is an inherently racist behavioral model fraught with double standards. For instance, the same kind of surveillance does not take place in white communities, even though white supremacist organizations have been responsible for the murder of more people in the United States than those supposedly driven by Islam since 9/11.84 A DHS report released in 2009 cautioned against violence by white supremacist groups: … The threat posed by lone wolves and small terrorist cells is more pronounced than in past years. In addition, the historical election of an African American president and the prospect of policy changes are proving to be a driving force for rightwing extremist recruitment and radicalization. … The report also named the recession following the 2007–2008 financial crisis and economic insecurity as factors that spur the growth of domestic terrorism. One of the key differences between the DHS report and the aforementioned NYPD report is that race, gender, and religion are incidental to the DHS’s analysis. While it speaks about the anti-black, anti-immigrant, xenophobic, and pro-gun politics of white supremacist groups, it fails to make the leap to the conclusion that there is a four-step process of radicalization that begins with a person simply being a white Christian male. Naturally, there is no systematic program to infiltrate white communities to see how these dangerous men eat, worship, play, or shop. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 606

Categorization

• XREF: Directly continues the chapter’s documented contrast between how white supremacist and Muslim radicalization are modeled, parallel to earlier extracts on radicalization theory serving counterterrorism policy (‘Radicalization theories justify treating Muslims as an imperial scapegoat class’). — connects to: White supremacist terror was overlooked as a global threat because of perpetrators’ racial identity — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 922; Whiteness is categorically dissociated from the label of terrorism regardless of evidence; White supremacist violence goes unlabeled as terrorism due to actors’ racial identity — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 922 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• White supremacist terror was overlooked as a global threat because of perpetrators’ racial identity #expands (0.85) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 922
• White supremacist violence goes unlabeled as terrorism due to actors’ racial identity #expands (0.85) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 922
• Whiteness is categorically dissociated from the label of terrorism regardless of evidence #expands (0.80)
• Terrorism is a racial construct that excludes white freedom fighters #expands (0.80)