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Line 6: + − − White supremacism as a movement in the United States is most active in prison gangs closely associated with four groups, [[Aryan Nations]], the National Alliance, the [[Creativity Movement]], and White Aryan Resistance, as well as many smaller, often short-lived groups. All four of these groups peaked in the 1980s–90s and are now in disarray. Aryan Nations, in particular, attempted to unite disparate elements of white supremacism around the [[Christian]] Identity belief system. Line 30:
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*Dinan, Stephen (February 27, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/27/aryan-brotherhood-mexican-cartels-smuggling-illega/ How white supremacists are cashing in by smuggling illegal immigrants from Mexico]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved March 28, 2019.</ref> So-called "right wing white supremacist" groups are largely prison gangs where convicted [[felon]]s band together along tribal and racial lines for mutual support and protection.
*Dinan, Stephen (February 27, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/27/aryan-brotherhood-mexican-cartels-smuggling-illega/ How white supremacists are cashing in by smuggling illegal immigrants from Mexico]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved March 28, 2019.</ref> So-called "right wing white supremacist" groups are largely prison gangs where convicted [[felon]]s band together along tribal and racial lines for mutual support and protection.
==Nazism==
[[Adolf Hitler]] was an [[evolution]]ary [[racism|racist]] who advocated that the German people were the master race.<ref>http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/1675</ref> [[Albert Speer]] wrote that Hitler "was highly annoyed by the series of triumphs by the marvelous colored American runner, [[Jesse Owens]]. People whose antecedents came from the jungle were primitive, Hitler said with a shrug; their physiques were stronger than those of civilized whites and hence should be excluded from future games."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sites.duke.edu/wcwp/research-projects/football-and-politics-in-europe-1930s-1950s/hitler-and-nazi-philosophy/ |title=Hitler, Nazi Philosophy and Sport |last1=Anspach |first1=Emma |last2=Almog |first2=Hilah |year=2009 |website=Duke.edu |accessdate=March 23, 2014}}</ref>
[[Adolf Hitler]] was an [[evolution]]ary [[racism|racist]] who advocated that the German people were the master race.<ref>http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/1675</ref> [[Albert Speer]] wrote that Hitler "was highly annoyed by the series of triumphs by the marvelous colored American runner, [[Jesse Owens]]. People whose antecedents came from the jungle were primitive, Hitler said with a shrug; their physiques were stronger than those of civilized whites and hence should be excluded from future games."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sites.duke.edu/wcwp/research-projects/football-and-politics-in-europe-1930s-1950s/hitler-and-nazi-philosophy/ |title=Hitler, Nazi Philosophy and Sport |last1=Anspach |first1=Emma |last2=Almog |first2=Hilah |year=2009 |website=Duke.edu |accessdate=March 23, 2014}}</ref>
== Ku Klux Klan ==
== Ku Klux Klan ==
Byrd commented on the 1945 controversy raging over the idea of racially integrating the military. In his book When ''Jim Crow Met John Bull'', Graham Smith referred to a letter written that year by Byrd, when he was 28 years old, to fellow Klansman Sen. [[Theodore Bilbo]] of [[Mississippi]], in which Byrd vowed never to fight: {{Cquote|Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds.}} Bilbo told ''[[Meet the Press]]'' in a 1949 interview: {{cquote|No man can leave the Klan. He takes an oath not to do that. Once a Ku Klux, always a Ku Klux.<ref>[http://mdah.state.ms.us/new/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/bilbo.pdf Robert L. Fleegler, "Theodore G. Bilbo and the Decline of Public Racism, 1938–1947"],''The Journal of Mississippi History'', Spring 2006. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160103063503/http://mdah.state.ms.us/new/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/bilbo.pdf]</ref>}} Democrats tried to block passage of the [[bi-partisan]] [[1964 Civil Rights Act]] by filibustering for 75 hours, led by a 14-hour and 13-minute speech by the Exalted Cyclops Sen. Byrd.<ref>{{cite news|title=Byrd Says He Regrets Voting For Patriot Act |agency=Associated Press |work=[[Common Dreams NewsCenter|Common Dreams]] |date=February 28, 2006 |url=http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0228-07.htm |accessdate=|deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060919043913/http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0228-07.htm |archivedate=September 19, 2006 }}</ref> The law was intended to block Republican gains in the South followed by buying off Blacks with [[Great Society]] [[welfare]] and [[affirmative action]] programs. By the 1960s the Klan was so thoroughly infiltrated by [[FBI]] informers, the joke existed that a Klan cell of 6 members often consisted of 5 FBI informants and one klansman. In 1981 when the Republicans took control of the Senate for the first time in 28 years, the Exalted Cyclops Robert Byrd was again elected Democrat Senate Leader to oppose [[Ronald Reagan]].
Byrd commented on the 1945 controversy raging over the idea of racially integrating the military. In his book When ''Jim Crow Met John Bull'', Graham Smith referred to a letter written that year by Byrd, when he was 28 years old, to fellow Klansman Sen. [[Theodore Bilbo]] of [[Mississippi]], in which Byrd vowed never to fight: {{Cquote|Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds.}} Bilbo told ''[[Meet the Press]]'' in a 1949 interview: {{cquote|No man can leave the Klan. He takes an oath not to do that. Once a Ku Klux, always a Ku Klux.<ref>[http://mdah.state.ms.us/new/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/bilbo.pdf Robert L. Fleegler, "Theodore G. Bilbo and the Decline of Public Racism, 1938–1947"],''The Journal of Mississippi History'', Spring 2006. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160103063503/http://mdah.state.ms.us/new/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/bilbo.pdf]</ref>}} Democrats tried to block passage of the [[bi-partisan]] [[1964 Civil Rights Act]] by filibustering for 75 hours, led by a 14-hour and 13-minute speech by the Exalted Cyclops Sen. Byrd.<ref>{{cite news|title=Byrd Says He Regrets Voting For Patriot Act |agency=Associated Press |work=[[Common Dreams NewsCenter|Common Dreams]] |date=February 28, 2006 |url=http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0228-07.htm |accessdate=|deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060919043913/http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0228-07.htm |archivedate=September 19, 2006 }}</ref> The law was intended to block Republican gains in the South followed by buying off Blacks with [[Great Society]] [[welfare]] and [[affirmative action]] programs. By the 1960s the Klan was so thoroughly infiltrated by [[FBI]] informers, the joke existed that a Klan cell of 6 members often consisted of 5 FBI informants and one klansman. In 1981 when the Republicans took control of the Senate for the first time in 28 years, the Exalted Cyclops Robert Byrd was again elected Democrat Senate Leader to oppose [[Ronald Reagan]].
==Prison gangs==
White supremacism as a movement in the United States is most active in prison gangs closely associated with four groups, [[Aryan Nations]], the National Alliance, the [[Creativity Movement]], and White Aryan Resistance, as well as many smaller, often short-lived groups. All four of these groups peaked in the 1980s–90s and are now in disarray. Aryan Nations, in particular, attempted to unite disparate elements of white supremacism around the [[Christian]] Identity belief system.
== Confusion in academic circles==
== Confusion in academic circles==