As
Presidential candidate Donald Trump courts white nationalists from such
organizations as the American Freedom Party, a review of Christian
white supremacy in the US seems timely. In this second issue of INSiGHT,
we examine religious hysteria in America, and the spiritual warfare of
Puritanical conservatism against socialism and the indigenous peoples’
movement.
With
candidate Trump and the Tea Party on a rampage to reassert Christian
white supremacy in American public institutions, it behooves us to
understand the Puritan roots of this holy war. Digging deeper into
Christian white supremacy, we spotlight the reemerging anti-Indian
movement in the US, by examining its driving force of Christian Identity
doctrine.
As
implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples becomes a significant basis for the exercise of jurisdiction by
indigenous nations in Canada and the US, the most virulent opposition
will come from the true believers of Christian Identity. Understanding
this milieu, and how it relates to other sectors of Christian white
supremacy and the anti-Indian movement, is essential to effective human
rights organizing and the future of democracy.
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