White Protestant

A term referring to the historically dominant ethnic-religious identity group in the United States—white Christians of Protestant heritage—whose cultural and political dominance has shaped American national identity, including ideas of a “chosen-people” myth and systems of racial and religious supremacy.

Claims that use this term

• The Racial Muslim is produced by White Protestant supremacy, xenophobia, Orientalism, and empire
• American national identity rests on a White Protestant chosen-people myth.