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The Girl Next Door

Racists aren’t always extreme-looking people who are removed from civilized society. Kathleen Blee conducts in-depth interviews of thirty-four woman who engage in “organized racism,” which Blee describes as a force that “channels personal sentiments of hatred into collective racist acts.” Although some of the participants are unable to maintain traditional employment, the majority of them…

The Power of Groupthink

Throughout this semester, we have reflected on the power of groups, the power in feeling a part of something bigger. We saw this in The Headscarf Debates, with the idea of conforming to national identity; in Charles Payne’s piece on the Mississippi Freedom Struggle, with the formation and spreading of groups like SNCC; in David…

Domestic Terrorism

In the article, “Homegrown Extremists Tied to Deadlier Toll Than Jihadists in U.S. Since 9/11” by Scott Shane, distills the myth that radical Muslims pose more of a threat to the United States than domestic terrorism. Domestic terrorism, in the form of white supremacists is a highly organized system of terrorism that poses equally, if…

Our definitions of “terrorist” and “extremist” are flawed

As an American, who do you think of when you hear the word “terrorist?” In the 1970s, you may have said the rich white college kids blowing up bombs across the country as members of the Weather Underground. In the 1990s, you could have said the Earth Liberation Front, whose hippie members burned down corporate…

Media Influence Strikes Again

In his article “Homegrown Extremists Tied to Deadlier Toll Than Jihadists in the U.S. Since 9/11,” Shane Scott writes about what is or is not considered “terrorism” and how Americans are more afraid of Muslim terrorists than they are the bigger problem: extremists at home. A quote from William Braniff explains that essentially we fear…

Nothing Stays the Same

The three assigned readings can be analyzed and connected in many ways. Scott Shane addresses the “surprise” that since September 11, 2001 double the amount of people have been killed by “…white supremacists, antigovernment fanatics, and other non-Muslim extremists” rather than by radical Muslims. Leading me to question the current connotations of the word “terrorist”….

Family First?

The Home Grown Extremist article talked about how the US has suffered far more deaths at the hands of non-muslim extremists than at those of Muslim extremists since 9/11, the opposite of what the common conception seems to be. Most people seem to fear the threat of a Muslim extremist attack but the reality of…

Just Like a Community Gathering

One of the biggest things I got out of all of these pieces was how these racial protests were set up just like community gatherings. While we tend to want to marginalize these individuals with sharply different ideologies than we have, these pieces show that racial white nationalist groups are not the homogenous cesspools…

We Should Be Fearful of Fear

In her book Inside Organized Racism, Katherine Blee recounts her experience interviewing white, females racist activists that engage in what she calls organized racism. Blee refutes assumptions about female racists, stating that they are mostly educated, not initially poor, not necessarily from abusive homes, and not necessarily involved due to a man’s influence. Blee believed…

Hoods Off

In the introduction to Inside Organized Racism Kathleen Blee described the foundation for her research into organized racism and women’s role in it. I thought her research foundation for this project was awesome, interviewing the women, establishing strict boundaries, making it clear that she didn’t agree with their views but would be respectful, etc. The…