White supremacy

White supremacy is the belief that white people are superior to people of other races and that white power and privilege should be maintained. It has roots in scientific racism and was used to justify European colonialism. As a political ideology, it has supported systems of cultural, social, political and institutional domination. The term can also describe structural advantages held by white people despite formal legal equality.

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Definition

Belief that white people are superior to other races

Historical roots

Scientific racism and European colonialism

Contemporary movements

Includes white nationalism, white separatism and neo-Nazism