Mapping the Political Right: Gender and Race Oppression in Right-Wing Movements

Right-wing hate groups do not cause prejudice in the United States—they exploit it. What we clearly see as objectionable bigotry surfacing in extremeright movements is actually the magnified form of oppressions that swim silently in the familiar yet obscured eddies of “mainstream” society. ¹ Racism, sexism, heterosexism, and anti-Semitism are the major forms of supremacy that create oppression and defend and expand inequitable power and privilege; but there are others based on class, age, ability, language, ethnicity, immigrant status, size, religion, and more. ² These oppressions exist independent of the extreme right in U.S. society.